Jo Lockhart

Jo Lockhart is a highly effective and dynamic counsellor with 18 years’ experience in the field. Jo holds membership with the Australian Counselling Association and has a wide range of professional experience working with adults, children, adolescents, couples, and families presenting with a wide range of concerns. As well as her work as a counsellor, Jo supervises and is involved in the training of other counsellors. 

Jo is passionate about supporting clients to reach the goals they choose for themselves. Her expertise in counselling is balanced with her authenticity in sessions with clients, where she is understanding of everyone’s humanity and ability to make mistakes; these are opportunities for growth. This psychological safety created by Jo enables clients to be safely vulnerable, as she believes that growth in this space is always possible. Jo facilitates this growth by identifying the strengths within the client that already exist, and by sharing evidence-based resources and strategies. This empowers clients to create deep change within themselves that benefits their own well-being as well as creating healthier and happier relationships. 

Jo harnesses each session with her clients as a step towards the goals the client has chosen. She utilises many client-centred approaches to be able to both understand clients, and to respond to their concerns in a specifically tailored manner. These approaches include Mindfulness, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Attachment Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprogramming (EMDR), Emotion Focussed Therapy (EFT), and Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP). Jo is also trained in many somatic modalities such as Hypnotherapy, SandTray Therapy, Creative Therapies, and Theraplay. Jo is a committed advocate for the need for Trauma Informed and Neuro-Affirming practice, always providing a safe space for clients to be.

• Bachelor of Counselling
• Diploma in EMDR
• Clinical Supervisor