Our Approach

Building Trust and connection…

Understanding dynamics…

Jo views relationships in a context where challenges arise not rooted in one person but in the space in between, where a relationship is its own entity. She brings this approach to couples and family counselling.

This means coming to counselling doesn’t have to be a blame game where people point at the other to distract from their own pain. Instead, Jo explores with you what’s happening, creates safety to talk things through and shift how things are now, to how you want them to be.

Then you can improve your experience of relationships. Relationships where growth can happen. Where people can feel seen and heard and loved. And where people can thrive and shine.

Families…

Modern life can be hard, juggling competing demands and hoping that you will get through the day without too many balls dropping. Parents don’t have to get stuck in feeling like they’re getting it wrong and wondering if they are messing things up for their kids.

If you long for home life where there is laughter and a sense of connection and that your kids listen to you (at least some of the time), come talk things through with Jo.

Maybe you’re worried about your child: their anxiety or school refusal and you’re not sure how to best help. Jo can help you make sense of what is going on and partner with you to work out next steps. With expertise in child development, you will be supported as a parent, so your support transitions with your child. She can help you explore what that looks like for your family.

With experience working with struggling families with primary and high school aged kids and families with young kids with disabilities and/or delays, Jo is comfortable sitting in mess and tension. Come work towards more harmonious and connected relationships. And start to feel more confident in how to support your kids in
their challenges.

Safe Spaces…

With a special interest in trauma, Jo recognises people are wired from our earliest experiences to seek cues for risk and cues for safety. In families, we learn this from our caregivers and we internalise it, our nervous systems remember it and we relate to others throughout our lives out of it. If you’ve experienced things that mean you’ve stopped trusting your body’s signals, come explore with Jo how to recognise what your body knows and how to come back to it when you are facing hard things.