Chloe-Marie Jones-Shearn

I'm a person-centred therapist committed to helping you learn to accept yourself, empowering you to reach your potential, build resilience and develop healthy relationships with yourself and others.

My work focuses on the therapeutic relationship, providing a space for you to explore your thoughts and feelings in a safe and confidential space.

A lot of my work focuses on relationships, with self and others, as well as the therapeutic relationship I develop with my clients. Relationships play such a pivotal role in our lives, effect our fulfilment, mood, self-esteem and can lead to conflict and dissatisfaction. I help individuals understand how they relate to themselves and others to identify the cause of conflict and then working together to make the changes desired.

A bit about me

I graduated from University in 2008 with a Psychology degree and a desire to deliver animal assisted therapy, however, it was not until some time later that I found my way to counselling. For me it was a lightbulb moment, a vocation that I had been searching for, for the first time I felt I was where I needed to be, no longer having to portray a character that I was not, to survive in the corporate world. Finding out who you really are is incredibly empowering and an opportunity that everyone should have.

After deciding to change careers I did many souls searching, when I returned to my roots of psychology I decided that helping others with their mental health was definitely what I wanted to do, however, I wanted to work holistically, away from diagnosis and medication.

I believe it is vitally important to be flexible and adapt to each individual: as well as being grounded in Person-centred therapy I am able to integrate interventions and perspectives from CBT and Transactional analysis. I also like to work creatively when appropriate, adapting to my client's needs is the main focus of the therapy I offer.

I believe it's beneficial to be in touch with your own physical experience as well as your emotional one, unfortunately this is a connection many of us have lost with how busy our lives are and I can offer guided breathwork to help build that connection. 

Not everyone is able to commit to long term therapy, therefore I offer single-session and short term therapy. These brief sessions are designed to focus on on one issue and to help you feel less stuck and more able to move forwards.

If you're interested in finding out more about how counselling may help you and what's involved, please get in touch to arrange a free telephone consultation. You can also read more about my therapeutic approaches on my website.

It is not always apparent what is behind how someone is feeling until you start to explore this in counselling, it's important to me to work with what you bring and what may transpire during therapy. I have listed above common reasons that people have had for reaching out to me and do not wish to exclude anyone based on this. If I feel it's an area in which you would benefit from specialist help I will be happy to help refer you.

Therapy sessions, face to face and online are offered at £55 per hour

Single-session therapy is £60 per hour

*Student discount for full time students £49.50 per hour

*This offer may be withdrawn in the future but will remain in place after a contract has begun. Discounts offered end upon graduation or ending full time studies.

What to expect from my first therapy session:

First we will begin with a free enquiry call, this lasts about 15 minutes and gives us both the chance to introduce ourselves, I can learn a bit more about you and what you would like to achieve from therapy and importantly, you can ask me any questions you may have and decide whether I am the right fit for you. The therapeutic relationship is key for counselling and it's important that you feel able to connect with your chosen counsellor. 

Once we agree to work together we will arrange a mutually agreeable time to have our sessions, if there are no available slots appropriate to you, I will offer to add you to my waiting list until that time becomes available.

First session
Our first session together is a time for you to share what you feel is most relevant to you at that moment, we will start where you feel comfortable beginning. 
Counselling sessions, particularly your first session, can be powerful and liberating, clients often feel relief. However, you may discuss things you have never spoken about before or areas that may be very emotional, it's important that you allow yourself time after and between sessions to process and reflect on what has been spoken about and to be able to reintegrate back into the world.
Having a plan for how to take care of yourself after your first session will help, for example taking a walk or having a warm drink can ground you and help bring you back into the here and now.

Single-session therapy 

If you feel that a one off therapy session, sometimes known as solution focused therapy will be of benefit to you, please take time to think about what you would like to focus on in our hour together and your hoped for outcomes. It may help you to bring notes to help us stay focused in the session, this will help us set the agenda, stay focused on your issue and summarise what you have gained from the session.