Jo Dawson

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

Whatever brings you to consider counselling, I am committed to welcoming you and walking beside you on the journey of getting to know yourself and building a more positive relationship with yourself. I deeply believe that you are the expert in yourself and that whatever has happened, or is happening in your life, a counselling process where you feel your vulnerability is met with compassion will enable you to come to a place within yourself where you are able to thrive.

Sexual identity:

Bi- | Pansexual
Other
Queer

Gender identity: I use another term

Gender history: Prefer not to say

Non-monogamy: Yes

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: Yes

Personal pronouns: she/they

Qualifications - Links to websites:

Level 5 Diploma in Person Centred Counselling (University of Middlesex)
Level 4 Certificate in Counselling Skills (University of Chichester)
I am a registered member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists. (Membership no. 393927)
https://www.jodawsoncounselling.com/

Prior to becoming a counsellor I researched histories of gender and sexuality.

Qualifications - Additional:

Award	Awarding body	Year of award

Experience and approach:

I am a person-centred counsellor and so you are entirely free to bring whatever you need to sessions and express yourself however you feel is most effective.

I have experience of long-term and time-limited work with clients with an amazing diversity of genders, sexualities, cultural backgrounds and life experiences. These include (but are not limited to) clients who:

Have experienced (or are experiencing) abuse
Experience anxiety and/or depression
Are living with trauma
Have low self-esteem
Are questioning their gender and/or sexuality
Are transgender or non-binary
Are neuro-divergent ( including autism and ADHD)
Come from different cultural backgrounds to me
Have experienced acute physical illness
Are living with chronic illness.
Are working through family issues

I recognise that I cannot list every aspect of identity or experience that you may be struggling with and even if I could, your experience of any particular issue is as unique as you are. As a counsellor, I am here to work with you as an individual and focus on your unique needs.

Approaches: