Welcome to BWRT® Changes Lives
BWRT® is designed to rapidly change the way your brain reacts to specific stressors – reducing, changing or ending trauma reactions, anxiety, habits, repetitive unwanted behaviour, phobias and more.
The brilliant thing about BWRT® is that you don’t have to endlessly explore past issues in depth. You only need to share the broad subject you want to work on — such as social anxiety, procrastination, fear of flying, or low self-esteem — without having to share detailed experiences or relive painful memories.
It does this by using neuroscience to change the way you respond to the issue in the first place. It’s your unconscious response that influences how you react and feel each time you come across something similar to anything you’ve experienced before.
How it Works
The oldest part of your brain — through which all of your external stimuli initially travels — was designed to protect you for survival. With every situation you experience, this unconscious part of the brain does a rapid pattern-match to find a way to respond, based on how you reacted before.
It looks for the best match and, in this way, things can get categorised together even though they are only very loosely similar. You then immediately start to react accordingly — thousands of neurons have already fired up pathways in your brain towards an outcome before conscious thought has even kicked in!
As Terence Watts explains:
“Many ‘symptoms’ are the result of a behaviour or thought pattern ‘firing up’ that has been activated before. It might actually have been suitable or effective at one time but the fact that it isn’t now is of no consequence to the non-reasoning part of the brain. BWRT® makes it possible, via a simple technique, to create a new response pattern to any stimulus so that the action the brain triggers is one that we want.”
Benefits of BWRT®
- Fast-acting
- Cost-effective
- Non-intrusive – no need to share your private thoughts/secrets
- Sessions available online from the comfort of your own home
- Completely confidential and non-judgemental
- Covers a very wide range of issues
Issues BWRT® May Address
BWRT® can help with a wide variety of concerns, including but not limited to:
- Limiting beliefs
- Fears & Phobias (driving, flying, needles, water, heights, insects, exams, etc)
- OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Trauma & PTSD
- Anxiety (GAD, Illness Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attacks, Social Anxiety, etc)
- Grief or sadness
- Depression
- Stress of all kinds
- Insomnia
- Addictions
- Misophonia (sound sensitivity)
- Eating Disorders & Weight issues
- Bad habits & repetitive unwanted behaviours
- Relationship Issues
- Poor self-worth
- Procrastination & Motivation
- Self-sabotage
- Financial anxiety
Plus many, many more
About Jo
Jo Helesfay-Evans’ early working life went from BBC Radio 2 to a PR consultancy, then off to sea on cruise ships, building a career and travelling the world. Upon her return to a land-based life, she decided to retrain in all kinds of therapeutic processes, propelled by her passion to help others re-establish harmony in their lives.
After over 25 years working therapeutically with clients, Jo was searching for alternative ways to help those suffering with OCD when she came across BWRT®—and was intrigued and delighted by how effective, remarkable, and speedy the transformation could be for such a wide variety of issues. Jo is delighted at the results her clients have been achieving with BWRT®.
Jo is a fully qualified BWRT® Advanced Practitioner.
Client Testimonials
I have seen Jo several times over the years for various therapies, she is quite remarkable, her unique way of working brings something extra to the whole experience. You feel seen, heard and compassionately understood, as well as completely safe and supported………I highly recommend Jo.
I’ve worked with Jo for many years and I always feel better afterwards. We have worked on everything from childhood trauma and coping with bereavement to clearing the way for me setting up new business ventures. I love the way that Jo works and she’s non-judgmental, sympathetic and practical – a winning combination. She’s the person that I go to whenever my life is out of balance, or if I need guidance or reassurance. I can’t recommend her services highly enough.
I have been working with Jo for several years now. Recently we had a family bereavement of an elderly relative with some complications. Dealing with the aftermath of all this left me feeling a degree of shock. Jo suggested we should do a BWRT® session to alleviate the effects of what I’d had to deal with. I can only say the improvement for me in how I had been feeling was remarkable, with just one session on that subject. Jo is a warm-hearted, professional therapist who clearly cares about the people she supports. I feel looked after and cared for in the hands of a therapist with such integrity and skill. I would not hesitate to recommend her to others. She has supported me well all the time I have been working with her and has used her skills to help me through some of the trickier aspects of my life’s journey.
Working with Jo is a genuinely powerful experience. From the very first session, I felt listened to, understood, and completely at ease. Jo has a rare ability to get to the heart of an issue quickly, without ever making the process feel rushed or clinical.
Her approach is calm, thoughtful, and incredibly effective. She explains things clearly, guides you with confidence, and creates a space where real change feels possible. What stood out most was how practical and grounded the work felt. The shifts weren’t just theoretical, they showed up in real life, often sooner than I expected.
Jo is deeply skilled, intuitive, and professional, but also warm and human. I would wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone looking for meaningful, lasting change with someone who truly knows what they’re doing.
Jo used BWRT® to work on a phobia I had experienced for over 50 years. I couldn’t believe the transformation in just one session. I liked the scientific basis behind BWRT® and the practical straightforward way it was applied. I would recommend both Jo and BWRT®.
Working with Jo has honestly been life-changing for me. She has an incredible ability to understand what’s really going on beneath the surface and often picks up on things I haven’t even found the words for yet. I genuinely feel I can tell her anything without fear of being judged or patronised – just completely supported and understood. She has helped me work through issues I had struggled with for years and it has made a real difference in my life. I can’t recommend her highly enough.
I have had several sessions over the years for help with different things, like improving my self-confidence at work and helping me to be my best self when I have felt stuck. I’ve always felt better after each session, lighter, happier, more optimistic and positive shifts have occurred. I return to Jo for these reasons and also because she’s intelligent and naturally intuitive with a range of approaches to draw on.