About me
🌿 Dr Jamesina Rooney - Experienced Counsellor & Lecturer | Accredited (BACP)
17 years of practice. Thousands of conversations. One consistent truth over and over again: therapy can be life-changing.
Life can be challenging, overwhelming and sometimes it can be going okay—but deep down, we sense it could be better. Whatever you’re navigating, therapy offers a space to reflect, recalibrate, and reconnect.
Why choose me?
Trusted Expertise
Experienced Accredited Counsellor with BACP – extensive experience supporting a diverse range of clients.
Counselling Lecturer (up to Postgraduate level) – I pass on clinical knowledge and insight to students and beginning and experienced practitioners. This enriches and deepens my own clinical practice by keeping it sharp, reflective and current.
Relational, Integrative Approach
I will offer a safe, confidential, trusting, and respectful space for you to explore what matters most to you and an approach that is tailored to your unique needs.
I will offer an approach that is committed to emotional safety and shared responsibility. When people feel safe and respected, then they can often speak their truth more openly. This supports growth and change, and how that looks or what that means is unique for every client.
I will draw on a range of theories and use the professional, therapeutic relationship to support your growth and change.
Work with Adults - Individuals & Couples
Helping you explore and manage a wide range of emotional and mental health challenges. Helping couples navigate their relationships – see more below.
Flexible & Accessible
In‑person, Online or Telephone options. Accessible room.
Short and long term counselling provided dependent on individual need and what is most helpful.
Depth-informed practice—drawing from my PhD that focused on the therapeutic relationship.
Some of what clients have been supported with include...
Relief from a range of emotional or mental health challenges such as stress, anxiety, depression or low mood, trauma, co-dependency, self-esteem, confidence and self belief.
Better tools and strategies to manage such issues day to day.
Navigating through life transitions and changes such as relationships/marriage/separation/transition, work, parenting, older age/retirement.
Existential issues (i.e.) sense of purpose and fulfilment in life.
Understanding and working through the echoes of childhood experiences and their impact in adulthood and relationships.
Bereavement and grief – loss of loved one or meaningful relationships.
Support in relational dynamics - repairing and strengthening relationships.
Improved communication – internally with self and better communication with others (partner, family, colleagues, friends etc.).
Space for reflection, growth, and self‑discovery.
And much more….
Counselling isn’t just about problems — it’s about creating space to reconnect with yourself and others and cultivate resilience and insight.
Curious? Begin your journey today…
Seeking out counselling for the first time can feel scary for some, but making that initial contact is often one of the most difficult steps. So, whether you’re taking your first step into counselling or returning to deepen your understanding or foster growth, I welcome and invite you to reach out and step towards meaningful change. 🌳
Training, qualifications & experience
- BACP Accredited Counsellor
- Lecturer in Counselling - teaching from Cert (Level 4) to Postgraduate (level 7).
- PhD in Counselling from Ulster University
- MSc in Counselling and Therapeutic Communication from Ulster University
- Advanced Diploma in Counselling from Queens University
- Certificate in Couples Counselling
- Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
My PhD research (in counselling) and MSc in Counselling and Therapeutic Communication are both from Ulster University. My PhD research focused on the therapeutic relationship and research indicates the relationship clients have with their counsellor is one of the most important factors in bringing about positive change. The in-depth knowledge and insights gained has influenced how I practice and teach. As listed above, I work with a range of issues. I also have special interest and expertise in working with relationship difficulties and that can be as an individual client or as a couple.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
Individuals - £50 per session
Couples - £65 per session
