About Jo
Jo Baker, LCSW, helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, phobias, or big life changes. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand what is most upsetting. Her style is warm and steady so people can feel heard while they work through hard moments.
Jo draws on 12 years of clinical practice in Mississippi. She uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs rather than a one-size-fits-all method.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps - learning new coping skills, shifting unhelpful thoughts, and practicing small changes that add up. Her background includes work across mood and behavior concerns such as ADHD, bipolar mood issues, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and post-traumatic stress. She also supports people facing parenting stress, grief, relationship strain, and issues tied to adoption or attachment.
Jo pays attention to how past experiences shape current reactions and behavior. In the room she blends cognitive-behavioral strategies with mindfulness and emotion-focused techniques. That means clients learn to notice difficult feelings, test unhelpful beliefs, and try new ways of responding.
She emphasizes real-world practice between sessions so skills become useful habits. People who prefer clear goals and steady support tend to fit well with her approach. Jo helps set achievable steps, checks progress, and adjusts the plan as needs change.
Her aim is to help people feel more capable of managing fear, anger, or overwhelming thoughts.
Therapy approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on identifying values and taking small committed steps toward a meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, phobias, and coping with change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It helps people test thoughts, build coping skills, and practice new behaviors to reduce anxiety and obsessive or avoidance patterns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers concrete tools for managing intense emotions and impulsive reactions. It includes skills for grounding, emotional regulation, and better interpersonal interaction, useful for mood and anger challenges.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helpful and what is not.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth work and skills practice. Phone calls are a lower-bandwidth option when video is difficult. Live chat and messaging support shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it possible to fit therapy around school, work, or caregiving responsibilities rather than rearranging your whole day.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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