Jo Fitzgerald

Jo’s approach

Jo’s approach is collaborative, client-centred and integrative. She gives people space to understand themselves and the patterns behind their difficulties, while building practical strategies for change. Rather than using a one-size-fits-all method, she adapts her work to each person’s goals.

Jo works with adults, couples and adolescents experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders and body image concerns, and relationship difficulties.

Therapies Jo uses

• Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)
• Schema therapy
• Gottman Method couples therapy
• Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)
• Trauma-informed frameworks

Areas of practice

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Trauma and complex trauma
• Eating disorders and body image
• Couples and relationship difficulties
• Neurodivergence, including ADHD and autism
• Adolescent and young adult mental health
• Family and interpersonal difficulties
• Stress, burnout and life transitions
• Self-esteem, identity and emotional regulation

Who Joworks with

Jo works with adults, couples and adolescents from the age of 12.

Qualifications and registration

• Registered Counsellor, ACA member
• Bachelor of Psychological Science, Swinburne University 2022
• Diploma of Counselling, Australian Institute for Professional Counsellors
• Diploma of Early Childhood Education, University of Southern QLD
• Gottman Method Couples Therapy trained
• EMDR trained

Jo’s availability

Jo sees clients on Mondays, Thursdays and every second Friday, in person and via telehealth.