# JJS Therapy - Jo Shaw, Psychotherapist and Counsellor

> Jo Shaw is a BACP-accredited psychotherapist specialising in trauma, abuse, low self-worth, relationship issues, sexual and gender identity. She sees clients in London, in Tunbridge Wells and online.

## Key facts

- Name: Jo Shaw, MBACP (Accred)
- Profession: Psychotherapist and Counsellor, in private practice as JJS Therapy
- Accreditation: Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), registered member 404758
- Training: MA (Distinction) in Psychotherapy and Counselling, Regent's University London; Level 2 in Narrative Therapy from The Dulwich Centre, Adelaide; Diploma in Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversity (GSRD) therapy from Rainbow Minds, Dublin
- Specialism: therapy for adults living with the effects of trauma, abuse and long-standing emotional distress
- Also works with: anxiety, low self-worth, and questions of identity, including sexual and gender identity (affirmative practice)
- Approach: integrative, rooted in psychodynamic and person-centred therapy
- In person: London (near London Bridge station) and Tunbridge Wells, Kent (within reach of Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Crowborough)
- Online: video sessions for clients in the UK, Ireland and internationally
- Fees: £70-£80 per 50-minute session; some lower-cost places; free initial call of 20-30 minutes
- Contact: jo@jjstherapy.com, 07551 152067 (+447551152067), https://www.jjstherapy.com/contact/

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.jjstherapy.com/)
- [Working with Jo](https://www.jjstherapy.com/myapproach/)
- [Issues I work with](https://www.jjstherapy.com/issuesiworkwith/)
- [FAQs](https://www.jjstherapy.com/faqs/)
- [Contact](https://www.jjstherapy.com/contact/)

## Blog

- [Thinking of going to an AI therapist? Read this first.](https://www.jjstherapy.com/blog/ai-therapist-read-this-first/): AI therapy apps are cheap, instant and always available, but the evidence of harm is mounting. A human therapist sets out what therapy really is, why an AI cannot provide it, and where to look if cost is the obstacle.
- [Still wanting what never came? Longing and anger toward our parents.](https://www.jjstherapy.com/blog/longing-and-anger-toward-our-parents/): Why do we go on hoping for love from a parent who could not give it, while also still furious at how we were treated? A look at why longing and anger persist side by side, and how therapy can help.
- [Don't feel like you're worth loving? Perhaps this forgotten Scottish psychoanalyst knew why...](https://www.jjstherapy.com/blog/fairbairn-worth-loving/): Always blaming yourself, or feeling you don't deserve to be loved? The Scottish psychoanalyst Ronald Fairbairn called it the Burden of Badness: how children come to blame themselves for their parents' failings, and how therapy can help you put that burden down.
- [Why ignoring old wounds isn't working—and how therapy can help you strengthen and heal](https://www.jjstherapy.com/blog/ignoring-old-wounds/): Walling off an old emotional wound is exhausting, lonely and, sooner or later, fails. Why some hurtful remarks can still get through and how therapy can help you heal inside.
- [Working with trans and gender expansive people: some basic principles.](https://www.jjstherapy.com/blog/working-with-trans-and-gender-expansive-people/): Basic principles for therapists working with trans and gender expansive clients: listen, park your assumptions, believe your client and explore their life with them - and know the real differences between affirmative therapy and conversion therapy.
- [When anxiety rears up, get yourself a Hot Cross Bun...](https://www.jjstherapy.com/blog/anxiety-hot-cross-bun/): Anxiety can hijack the nervous system before you have a chance to think. The Hot Cross Bun model from CBT shows how thoughts, emotions, physical feelings and behaviours feed one another - and how you can step in to break the cycle.