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Jo Baker, LCSW
Mississippi
LCSW - Anxiety and ADHD focus
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- ACT and DBT skills
- Adoption and attachment
About Jo
Jo Baker is an LCSW in Mississippi with 12 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, anger, ADHD, relationship and family issues, grief, self-esteem and mood disorders. She also helps with career questions and coping with life changes.
Jo uses straightforward, evidence-informed methods in sessions. She pays attention to thoughts, behaviors, and emotion patterns and helps people test new ways of responding. Jo draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside other approaches to build practical skills for day-to-day life.
Her background includes long-term work across age groups in private practice and earlier clinical settings. That experience shaped a focus on common problems such as obsessive-compulsive symptoms, phobias, post-traumatic stress, seasonal mood changes, self-harm, and disruptive mood dysregulation concerns. She also works with adoption and foster care matters, attachment issues, blended family challenges, and family of origin problems.
Sessions involve straightforward goal setting and skill practice. Jo offers tools from CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered approaches. She helps people break down large problems into manageable steps and track progress over time.
Practical matters such as session cost and scheduling vary by location. The practice uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. For next steps, people are asked to use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
How Jo uses structured approaches in online sessions
Jo commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behavior patterns, then practicing alternative responses through exercises and homework. ACT emphasizes noticing values and taking committed action toward them, often through mindfulness and behavioral steps.She also uses client-centered ideas to keep sessions focused on what the person wants to work on. The therapist and client decide together which methods fit best. That collaborative process means the approach can shift if a technique isn’t helping or if priorities change.
Practical benefits of working online are finding ways to fit sessions into a busy life and keeping continuity when travel or schedules change. Specific session formats are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to schedule brief check-ins, attend from a location that reduces travel time, or use screen-sharing for worksheets and skill practice. Licensed professionals aim to match session length and frequency to the person’s goals and daily routine.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Mississippi
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, anger, ADHD, relationship and family issues, grief, self-esteem, mood disorders and related concerns.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to practice alternative responses. Sessions include skill-building and real-life experiments to test changes.
What is her clinical experience?
Jo has 12 years of clinical experience, including long-term private practice work and prior clinical roles with diverse age groups.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She holds an MS and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Mississippi.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.