JANET JOOSTEN BA HONS (Psychotherapist, Existential Analyst, Integ Counsellor) |  |
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Janet Joosten Plumtree Cottage 29 High Road Soulbury Bedfordshire LU7 0BT View map |
Additional Address The Old Cross Keys 62 High Street Stony Stratford Milton Keynes MK11 1AT View map |
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tel: 01525 270422
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web: www.omikrons.co.uk Click here to Email me | ||
Profile
I am a registered Psychotherapist and I offer a sliding scale fee scheme, ensuring that counselling is affordable for those on different incomes.
In addition to this I am an Existential analyst, accredited Integrative counsellor and Cognitve Behavioural Therapist in training. I have consulting rooms in Milton Keynes, Soulbury and in Central London (located in the grounds of Regent's Park).
Services offered
*Face to face counselling
*Telephone counselling
*Short-term and Open ended counselling
My Approach
Although my core orientation is Existential, I am also a qualified Integrative counsellor. This means that I am able to include aspects of therapy from a number of theoretical orientations: Humanistic, Solutions Focused, Cognitve Behavioural Therapy, Time Limited Existential Therapy and Experiential Therapy and dream analysis from an Existential perspective.
Existential Psychotherapy.
The Existential/Integrative approach to Psychotherapy is a detailed exploration of the meaning of life and aims at enhancing your self knowledge. Psychotherapy can provide a safe place for you to explore your thoughts, feelings and emotions in a non-judgmental environment. My aim is to lead you through a journey of self discovery and understanding whilst clarifying your life circumstances and where you want to be in your life. I will encourage you to explore the dilemma's, conflicts, contradictions and issues in your life. The focus is to help you think things through and gain new ideas and perspectives and enable you to evaluate your options and see a way forward. Alongside the issues and concerns you bring to therapy, we will explore the areas you want to change, where would you like to be in your life and what prevents you from getting there. To understand our thoughts and feelings often brings a sense of relief and the opportunity to deal with them more effectively. Existential psychotherapy is a joint venture that provides the opportunity to think together collaboratively about your situatation.
Cognitve Behavioural Therapy
Cognitve Behavioural Therapy helps you see how your thoughts and behaviour are related to way the way you feel. For example if you are feeling depressed you tend to have negative thoughts (such as I am a failure in all things and no one likes me). As a result of this you stop going out and meeting people or avoid doing things you normally find pleasurable. This can make you feel even more badly about yourself, leading to more negative thoughts. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy can help you to participate in the activites you once enjoyed. It can also help you notice the way you think about yourself and how this affects your behaviour. By examining the way you are thinking, it can put you in the position to consider you assumptions and beliefs, and look at whether there are alternative ways of viewing things. Cognitve Behavioural Therapy can also help to change your behaviour. For example if your anxious about traveling on a train, by bus or by car you might avoid traveling. Although this prevents the anxiety of traveling, it can lead to more avoidance, and perhaps finding it difficult to go out altogether. Cognitve Behavioural Therapy will help you face up to your fear, and give you tips on how to cope better thus increasing your confidence about traveling. To find out more about Cognitve Behavioural Therapy phone or email me. Leaflets and details on request.
Integrative counselling.
Because we all think, feel and react in different ways, Integrative counselling can bring about change in your life and produce a unique therapy that is adapted to suit your needs. As an Integrative counsellor I can use the insights and techniques from Person centred, Psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioural and Existential therapy to help you bring about some of the changes you want in your life. In the first session we will look at the kind of therapy that suits you best. For example if you are someone who needs to deal with the influence of past trauma such as childhood abuse, sexual assault, and neglect you may choose to talk about your past, exploring memories and dreams, drawing on psychodynamic techniques. However if you are dealing with a trauma that is recent, or it is still happening (i.e. domestic violence, break-up of relationship) you may want explore ways of using a person centred cognitive approach to therapy. If you are experiencing panic attacks, low mood or want to overcome a phobia you may want to examine your thoughts, feelings and behaviour and explore ways of overcoming your fears by using cognitive behavioural techniques. Or you may want to explore who you are, who you want to be, by looking at your thoughts, feelings, fantasies, dreams. Acknowledging your potential as well as recognising limitations by using an Existential Approach to therapy. Finally you may want to work reducing your levels of anger, stress and improve self-esteem. This can be achieved by talking as well as behavioural experiments and role play, drawing on cognitive behaviour techniques.
Telephone counselling.
Telephone counselling is speaking to your counsellor by phone, and can be arranged for the comfort of your own home. Telephone counselling can help a wide range of issues including health, stress, anxiety, relationships, redundancy and retirement, career, bereavement, and life transitions. If you are housebound, have a physical inability, or just living in an isolated community you may find telephone counselling is ideal. Of course there are other benefits to telephone counselling. For example there is no travel time and it can be easier to fit in with your busy lifestyle, work or domestic schedules.
Training, Qualifications & Experience
Qualifications/Training.
BA (Hons) Psych
Dip. Psych
Post Graduate Diploma Pychotherapy and Counselling (Regents College London);
Adv.Dip. Existential Psychotherapy (Regents College London);
Certificate Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Ongoing training:
MSc Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
MBACP Accred; UKRC Reg; UKCP Reg. Member SEA ( Society for Existential Analysis).
Member BPS ( British Psychological Society.).
Member BABCP (student member)
Code of ethics:
I work within the UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy) and BACP (British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists) code of ethics. I am closely bound, and accountale to the codes of ethics and practice. Copies an be obtained on request. I undertake regular supervision for my work subject to the code of ethics.
Experience:
A BA Honours degree in Psychology was followed by a seven year training as a women centred counselllor working with women survivors of rape sexual assault and sexual abuse. . In 2001 I decided to embark on a professional training at Regent's College in London. reading Integrative Psychotherapy at postgraduate/MA level graduating in 2004. A year later I trained as an Existential psychotherapist at Regent's College graduating in 2007. I am currently reading Cognitive Behavioural Therapy at MSc level. My first three years as a counsellor were spent working with women survivors of domestic violence. In addition to this I worked within the prison setting as a prison counsellor. During the two years of my Advanced Diploma I worked for MIND. The work was varied and included working with client's with mental health issues, anxiety, depression, bereavement, male and female domestic violence and sexual abuse. I have worked with men and women who were experiencing infertility problems at a private clinic. For the past two years I have worked as a school counsellor with young people aged 13-16 and young people aged 16-25 in the community. I also work as an affillate counsellor for a number of organizations providing work place counselling and have a private practise in Soulbury, Milton Keynes and in Central London. In
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
INFERTILITY COUNSELLING.
EXISTENTIAL COUPLES COUNSELLING.
BRIEF ANGER MANAGEMENT.
LIFE CRISIS/CHANGES/CRITICAL ILLNESS.
UNRESOLVED CHILDHOOD ISSUES
Fees
Soulbury and Milton Keynes:
I offer counselling and psychotherapy to suit your income based on a sliding scale.
£25- £45 depending on income
I can usually make an appointment/initial consultation within 5 working days.
The above figures are for individual sessions. For couples, please contact me for details.
Telephone counselling. Please contact or email me for further details.
Central London Practice: Sessions are charged on a sliding scale:
£60- £80
Further Information
Evenings & weekend appointments available.
Counselling also available in Milton keynes and Central London.
Milton Keynes practice.
The Old Cross Keys
62 High Street
Stony Stratford
Milton Keynes
MK11 1AT
Wheel chair access available.
Central London Practice:
Therapy Centre
Regent' College.
NW1 4NS
Leaflet and details on request.
Member Organisation(s)
Published Articles
- The Art of Focusing: An Experiential Approach to Existential Psychotherapy
- What’s Thoughts Got to do With It: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- GRIEVING
