Jo Thomas

I have 8 years clinical Counselling experience.

I have availability, in-person and online, Monday to Thursday 9-5

I work with adult men, women and identifications in between. No matter your background, our similarities and differences, I aim to listen and understand you and create the conditions for you to move toward a fuller functioning you.

Being human is complex; many clients say they have a critical internal voice, suffer with self-doubt, lack of confidence, find it hard to talk about their feelings, seem unable to make a decision or change the way they do things.

As a counsellor I am familiar with these ways of being and can help you understand where they come from. The counselling process allows you to open up to the real you and your potential.

My counselling style is evidence-based and founded in Person-centred Theory and I’m a big fan. I offer compassion and unconditional regard to all aspects of you throughout the work.

I might help you make decisions but won’t impose my beliefs or opinions onto you. If I don’t understand, I will ask and we’ll uncover your complexities together.

I endeavour to bring my kind honesty and authentic self to the work, along with professional boundaries, allowing you to feel safe. We create a working relationship built on trust and mutual respect. There may be tears but also laughter.

Contact me using the link on this page. Please provide your email address with a short enquiry message, and your phone number, if you are able.

I’ll respond by email and should be able to offer a free phone consultation, usually around 20 minutes.

This helps me understand what you need, is for you to ask any questions and will help us both decide the way forward.

If you decide to book in for Counselling, I will send a client agreement.

For in-person sessions I use a comfortable log cabin in St Stephen, PL26, Cornwall. There may be accessibility issues at these premises, if so, I can offer online sessions.

My online sessions use Zoom and are for anyone anywhere in the UK.

I have 5 years experience as a Clinical Supervisor and hold the L6 Diploma in Supervision (NCS).

I provide supervision to qualified and trainee counsellors, to meet your ethical requirements and to enhance your professional practice.

I offer a Person-centred approach but do work with a range of counselling modalities. The frameworks I mainly use are Shohet and Shohet ‘The Seven-Eyed Model of Supervision’ and Page and Wosket the ‘Cyclical Model of Supervision’.

I also work with Teachers, NHS staff, Ministry of Justice staff and body therapists, to help you work through difficult situations and be the best version of you for your students, patients or clients.

We develop an open and honest relationship and work toward the edge of our awareness to be the best we can for our clients. My approach is built on a foundation of boundaries and ethics which allows us to be our full selves. I listen to what you need and give you support from a range of perspectives, experience and theory.

Continual professional training and research strengthens my practice. Recently: Understanding Autism, Trauma-informed Approaches, Attachment Theory and relationships, the nervous system and Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems, Transactional Analysis, anger - rage - guilt - shame, Ecopsychology, Working with Couples, Neurodiversity in adults, ADHD in adult women and hormones.

Contact me via the enquiry links on this page. Please give your email address and if you are able, your phone number.

I respond by email at first and then offer a free phone consultation, usually around 20 minutes so we can find out a bit more, ask questions and see if we’re a good match.

I send a Supervision agreement to everyone.

For in-person sessions, I use a comfortable log cabin in St Stephen, PL26, Cornwall.

My online sessions use Microsoft Teams and are for anyone anywhere in the UK.

I offer 45 minutes, 1 hour and 1.5 hour sessions.