Jo Botten, BACP

Jo Botten works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and self-esteem difficulties. She is named here so readers know who they would meet. Her tone is practical and supportive for people looking for straightforward help.

Jo trained in the United Kingdom and holds a BACP credential. She has five years providing clinical psychotherapeutic counselling and four years of therapeutic mentoring, bringing nine years of professional experience in total. Her background includes work with trauma, abuse, self-harm and suicidal thoughts.

Her style is integrative and person-centred, which means sessions begin from the person's experience. She aims to build a warm, accepting and non-judgemental relationship. That relationship becomes the basis for practical work together.

In the room she helps people identify strengths and small steps they can use day to day. Conversations focus on what feels most pressing, whether that is panic, low mood, relationship breakdown or feeling isolated. Jo encourages people to try approaches that suit them and to review what helps.

She offers both short-term and longer-term support depending on need. Jo emphasises that starting therapy takes courage and she aims to be a steady, practical presence while people work towards more fulfilling lives.

To begin, clients follow a straightforward matching and scheduling process that fits around therapist availability and the subscription model used for sessions.

How therapeutic approaches shape online counselling

Jo describes her practice as integrative and person-centred. Person-centred work focuses on understanding the person's experience, listening without judgement and helping them make meaning of difficult feelings. This approach can help with issues such as low self-esteem, relationship strain and anxiety by allowing people to feel heard and to build on their strengths.

Integrative practice means combining useful elements from different evidence-based techniques to match a person's needs. For example, a therapist might use practical breathing or grounding exercises for panic, alongside talking through past hurt to address traumatic memories. This blended way aims to fit the problem rather than force a single method.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will explore goals, preferences and what has helped in the past, and then agree a plan together. That collaborative process makes it easier to try things and adjust as needed.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm which session formats Jo currently offers before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that is useful. It can also let people join sessions from different locations, which helps arrange appointments around work or caring commitments.