Vale Jo Ablett

The Phillip Island community is mourning the loss of Jo Ablett on the weekend.

A psychotherapist who also taught at schools across the region, Jo was well-known and loved in the local community.

Jo grew up in Parkdale with parents Jeff and Netta Coote.

She graduated as a teacher at Victorian Teacher’s College, then moved to Phillip Island permanently where she met and married David Ablett, raising their children Zac and Carly at their family home in Ventnor.

Jo taught at Bass Valley Primary School, Powlett River Primary School, Cowes Primary School, and was one of the first teachers in the infancy of Newhaven College.

Through her work with young people she found her calling as a psychotherapist.

She completed her Masters in Counselling and continued to work in the field with a focus on helping young people, specialising in expressive therapies. She expanded her work to include supervising and training therapists through her businesses, Into Blue Expressive Therapies and Super Vision, while counselling at San Remo Primary School.

She was also known as an artist, creator and avid gardener who brought colour and love to everyone around her.

Adored by many, she was an incredible woman who will be dearly missed by her immediate family and friends and the broader community of Phillip Island, San Remo and surrounds.