Jo Baker, LCSW - Therapist in Mississippi

About Jo

Jo Baker is a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW) in Mississippi who focuses on family and parenting concerns. She writes in a warm, straightforward way and aims to help parents and caregivers who are feeling overwhelmed. She meets people where they are and works to make small, useful changes that fit family life.

Her style is calm and non-judgmental. She uses a mix of approaches chosen to match each family's needs.

Background and approach

Sessions often focus on practical skills for managing stress, responding to anxiety, and handling big emotions in children and teens. Jo has 12 years of experience in independent practice. That experience includes helping families navigate adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, and blended family challenges.

She also supports people facing trauma, grief, mood disorders, and parenting-related anger or burnout. In therapy she blends techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and emotionally-focused work. That allows her to teach coping skills, improve communication, and strengthen parent-child connections.

Meetings are collaborative and focused on clear, achievable steps. Jo offers sessions in several online formats to fit busy family schedules. She invites parents to begin by sharing what is most worrying them now, then together they set goals and try practical strategies at home.

The work is steady and focused on helping families find more ease day to day.

How Jo's methods translate to online family work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values; it is useful for stress, anxiety, and navigating big family decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments, helping with anxiety, mood changes, and behavior patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and shift interaction patterns, which can strengthen parent-child bonds and improve family communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will listen to the family's goals and preferences and recommend which methods to try. That choice is collaborative and can change as the family tries strategies and notices what helps.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy schedules and varied comfort levels. These formats allow follow-up coaching between sessions and make it easier to try strategies at home and report back. Many families find the flexibility helpful when balancing school, work, and appointments.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What types of concerns does Jo help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, anger, ADHD, LGBT issues, relationship and family problems, grief, self esteem, career concerns, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.

What is Jo's therapy style like?

Her approach is warm and non-judgmental and focuses on building a trusting relationship. She combines practical skills teaching with emotion-focused conversation to address daily family challenges.

How much experience does she have?

Jo has 12 years of experience working in independent practice with children, adolescents, adults, and families.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She holds MS LCSW C7358 and practices in Mississippi.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Jo provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different family schedules.

How are costs and billing handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin if I want to work with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Also works with

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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