Jan Maze

My Approach - Firstly, I want to acknowledge your courage in seeking help. Maybe you are experiencing overwhelming anxiety, sadness, depression, hopelessness, pain of loss, panic, anger, numbness, or feeling powerless?  I believe your thoughts and emotions deserve to be heard, respected and received with care, so  that together we can explore them, in order for you to understand them, and if necessary heal what hurts.

I work with adults of all ages experiencing major life changes such as bereavement; pregnancy, birth, post-natal period; road traffic collisions; changes in relationships. I provide a safe space for LGBTQIA+ clients.

I have experience of working with victims of abuse; those supporting them; those experiencing family issues; those in difficult and upsetting situations not of their making; those seeking change in their life.

I have successfully helped clients to move forward and heal from persistent and painful thoughts, and overwhelming emotions that impact their lives. Combining my professional training with calm insight into what works, we can build a trusting therapeutic relationship that will enable you to understand yourself, and help you to find the answers you need to grow and heal.

I also offer outdoor ‘Talking With Walking’ sessions in rural and town settings.  Taking our sessions outdoors embraces the powerful therapeutic effect of nature on your senses to enhance the counselling, facilitated by me. The therapeutic effect is now well known and well researched. Sometimes just simply being outdoors helps.

I am based in central Chelmsford offering in-person, online and telephone sessions. 

Feedback   - Client Quote - “I am blown away with the sessions I have had with Jan. I am rejuvenated and ready to move on.”  (Adult male - online sessions)

Client Quote -  "The one hour intense but sensitive sessions had a huge impact on my wellbeing and I felt myself getting better every week." (Adult female - phone and in-person sessions)

Client quote - "Jan has given me more than just the confidence, in making a start on the way to a full recovery." (Adult female - in-person sessions)

My Professional Experience

*Providing Grief and Trauma therapy for a charity working across Herts, Cambs and Beds, supporting those affected by serious road collisions.

*Providing grief and bereavement counselling for an Essex based hospice, supporting those with long term, life-changing or terminal illness.

*Delivering pregnancy , childbirth and post-natal education and emotional support for pregnant women, people, and their partners in pregnancy, and the early post-natal period.

*A qualified trainer/facilitator with experience in the private, public and third sectors.

Next Step - to contact me via phone or email with any questions you may have.

Death or serious injury by road traffic collisions.
All maternity issues; pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, post-natal issues. Labour and birth de-briefing, labour and birth trauma. 

I offer short term, fixed term and long term sessions. 

Fixed term, solution-focus sessions can be agreed upon.

I abide by the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling & Psychotherapy. I receive regular professional supervision in accordance with the BACP guidelines. I have professional indemnity insurance.