Jack Rochon MA MA MBACP

The Therapy Works 9a St Mary Street Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3DB View map
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I am an experienced integrative counsellor and psychotherapist providing both short term and more open ended therapy for individuals and couples. I am a lecturer at the University of Wales & have been since 2006. I am researching a Doctorate at Bristol Uni into how the stories we tell influence our sense of identity.

My counselling practice is collaborative. I invite you the client to discuss with me the goals of therapy. Or put another way, how you would like to be when the therapy successfully ends. Perhaps you are not quite sure what that may look like yet and would like to talk it through with me .

For those unfamiliar with counselling jargon - an 'integrative approach' simply means that I am able to 'integrate' or choose from any number of theoretical approaches. This integration will include the best known 'brands' such as psychodynamic or humanistic or cognitive behavioural or existential.  This has the advantage of being incredibly flexible and of giving you the client an important voice in just how much or how little change you would like to achieve and over what length of time.

Although I work with pretty much any issue - I have over the years developed more experience in dealing with some. These include - Sexual abuse, Depression, feeling Suicidal, mental break downs (perhaps where you are unable to go to work or even function within the family),Bi Polar, Anger issues and all aspects of relationship problems.

I am always happy to meet without commitment or cost to see whether I may be the 'right' therapist for you. And for you to find out first hand, whether you feel I have the appropriate style, training, experience or personality for you to engage successfully in what may become an important piece of work.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Masters in Counselling

• Title of research: What happens when a primary care trust switches its
• counselling provision to an agency: an analysis of professional perspectives.
• Type: phenomenological
• Awarding body: UWN
• Date of award: 2006
• University of Wales - Newport
• Attended 2005-2006

 Masters in Counselling Supervision

• Title of research: Kiss me Kill me: a narrative inquiry into the spoken and unspoken experiences of a supervision group of counsellors as perceived by the facilitator
• Type: Narrative Inquiry  - visual turn
• Awarding body UWN 
• 2008 University of Wales - Newport

 P.G.Diploma in Consultative Supervision

• Awarding body - UWN
• Graduated with highest grade (A14) from Group Module.
• University of Wales - Newport
• 2006-2007

Diploma in Professional Counselling

• Awarding body: UWE (Bristol)
• Name of Institution: University of West England
• Date of award – 2005
• Dates attended 2003-2005

Doctoral Research –  Since Sept 2008

Bristol University - Graduate school of Education

Type of research: Narrative Inquiry or How the stories we tell influence our sense of identity.

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abuse
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Alcoholism
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Bullying
• Child Related Issues
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
• Couples Counselling
• Depression
• Domestic Violence
• Drug Abuse
• Infertility
• Learning Difficulties
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Postnatal Depression
• Pre-nuptial Counselling
• Relationship Issues
• Schizophrenia
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Self Harm
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

I have worked extensively with clients who are suffering suicidal feelings, bouts of depression, and the consequences of all kinds of abuse.

Therapies Offered

• Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
  - Behavioural Therapy

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Gestalt Therapy
  - Transactional Analysis
  - Existential Therapy

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative
  - Family/Systemic Therapy

Fees

Individuals: £45 per 60 minute session

Couples:     £60 per 1 hour and 15 minute session

Concessions: Negotiable 

Further Information

I am aware from my own experiences of being a client, that taking that first step into counselling can be frightening.

Facing up to long time problems which may at some level feel impossible to deal often takes either a blind leap of faith or just plain desperation. So if you do make it through the door, please remember that any therapist in private practice works for you. As such I operate an open contract which means that you are not committed to having to come to therapy for any set length of time but rather are free to determine as and when you feel you would like to stop. In other words if at any point you feel it is not working just drop me an email or text to let me know you no longer wish to attend. My experience is the opposite but I think it's important for you to know that you are the one in the power.

And while I hope to bring a degree of experience and theoretical knowledge to the meeting, I am not an expert on your life - you are. It is that collaborative meeting of our different histories, however, that can be so useful and healing. Working side by side I aim to facilitate you to achieve the goals and changes that you need to create a greater sense of meaning in everyday life and relationships.

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