As a psychologist, Jo has also completed a three-year intensive clinical training program from the Department of Psychiatry, Westmead, and has an accreditation in short-term psychodynamic therapy.

Jo began working in private practice 26 years ago, collaborating with General Practice using the skills from CBT, mindful body work and somatic approaches, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. Jo also uses attachment and mentalisation therapy, and trauma-informed experiential psychotherapy.

Jo describes herself as a relational psychotherapist who believes that our style of attachment and patterns in relationships create both personal empowerment and troubling conditions such as depression and anxiety. In her therapy, you can identify patterns of coping which are less useful in your present-day life, and form new ways of being with others.

During a recent stay in the UK, Jo worked as a Chartered Psychologist and a consultant with a Neuro Rehabilitation clinic. Jo provided treatment to improve people’s mood and relationships after a life-changing Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). As part of this work, Jo began training and supervision for her treatment for the condition of Functional Neurological Disorder. (FND). Jo is a member of the Functional Neurological Institute, and she receives supervision from a clinical specialist at St George’s Hospital, London. Jo can see mild to moderate cases of FND in collaboration neuropsychiatry and General Practice. If you live outside Adelaide, Jo provides this service online.