Jo arrived in the world of psychotherapy via the corporate sector. In upper management she worked with people to develop their skills, always striving to better assist them in their personal and professional development. It was this interest that led her, almost two decades ago, to work as a clinician in long-term relationships with her clients. Jo uses Transactional Analysis and the relational model in her work, informed by psychoanalytic theory and thinking. She is also an advocate for psychotherapy as a profession and constantly works to improve ethical procedures, training standards, and professionalism in her field. As a consequence, for the majority of her professional life she has served on executive boards and as president of various associations in Australia.