Jo Bowles

My Story

Jo is a registered counsellor, Hakomi-trained somatic practitioner and executive coach who works with adults navigating anxiety, stress, burnout, grief and relationship challenges, often during periods of transition and uncertainty. She has a particular interest in helping people understand the ways they have learnt to navigate life's challenges, especially when those ways no longer seem to support the life they want to live.

Jo's career began in law before evolving into more than twenty years in senior governance, risk and leadership roles, advising executives and boards through periods of complexity and change. That work gave her a deep respect for what it takes to navigate responsibility, transition and identity, often without a clear roadmap.

Alongside her therapeutic practice, Jo has volunteered as a Telephone Crisis Supporter with Lifeline since 2019. She also mentors mid-career women navigating career progression, parenthood and leadership. Across boardrooms, crisis lines and mentoring conversations, one thread has remained constant: a career spent sitting with people in uncertainty, helping them find their footing within it.

Jo integrates counselling, Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy and executive coaching, drawing on each according to what each person needs. Together these approaches help clients develop greater awareness of the beliefs, protective patterns and ways of relating that shape their lives, creating space for greater resilience, flexibility and choice.

Having navigated significant career and life transitions herself, Jo understands that meaningful change isn't always about finding the right answer. Often, it begins with developing a different relationship with ourselves. She brings warmth, steadiness and genuine curiosity to every therapeutic relationship, creating a space where people feel safe to slow down, explore their experience and discover new ways of meeting themselves and the challenges they face.

Qualifications

• Graduate, Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy Professional Training

• Diploma of Counselling

• Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL) Accredited Coach – Levels 1 & 2

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

• Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Professional Memberships

• Australian Counselling Association (ACA)