Jane Jiggens
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About me
The Therapy Shed®
I work online and face to face with people over 18 to improve their relationships because life is all about relationships. However, the most important relationship you will ever have is the one you have with yourself.
So, if you have found me here, then you may be experiencing some of the following:
- You are overwhelmed with anxiety, rage, anger or depression.
- Your relationships are strained or breaking down.
- You have lost someone.
- You cannot voice what you need.
- You feel lost.
- You have an inner voice that is really mean.
So you may need some help to understand these things, to begin to make sense of your thoughts, feelings and behaviours, other people and even the world and this starts with what life is all about and that is relationships. We have relationships to everything, including ourselves, and relationships are vital to our mental and emotional wellbeing. We form relationships (attachments) from birth and this is necessary for both survival and development. But sometimes our attachments are less than secure and as we go through life we may be confused as to why:
- Relationships keep ending the same way.
- Why we keep feeling the same old feelings.
- Why we engage in behaviours that are harmful.
- Why we keep telling ourselves that we are not good enough or believe everything is our fault.
- Why we feel that we cannot get close to people.
Well, this is where I can help because:
I believe if we are fully connected to ourselves and who we are then everything else begins to fall into place. Relationships become more intimate, fulfilling and stronger. We have the courage to ditch relationships that are not good for us. Emotions become more manageable, harmful behaviours lessen, we feel lighter, happier and able to make good decisions.
However, sometimes it may be very difficult to talk to family and friends about all of this because we fear judgement or that we are a burden, or maybe we just don't want to.
So what is counselling?
Counselling is your time to work through your goals so you can then move forward in the way you want to. It is a place where we learn about ourselves and others around us. It is not always heavy and difficult, it is also a place where we share humour, triumphs, a-ha moments and a tonne of compassion.
In our busy lives we may not have the time to think or to process anything, we may be rushing from one thing to another. Maybe we have a demanding family or job or maybe we just need a trained therapist to be with us because things feel difficult to face alone. In counselling you will have this space, free from interruptions, to focus on you. It’s your time for self care.
So, if you have decided that counselling is something that you would like to try, you may be feeling anxious about opening up to someone you don’t know. This is a big first step and if you haven’t had any counselling before it may feel difficult. So, apart from looking for a counsellor who holds the right qualifications, it is important that you feel comfortable with them.
If you would like to read more about me, please head over to my website - the-therapyshed.co.uk or give me a call and I will answer any questions you may have.
Jane
Training, qualifications & experience
My training is Integrative to Foundation Degree Level, which means that I have studied a variety of counselling theories, science and psychology modules because I believe that not one way of working fits all client needs. I am an Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and I work to their ethical guidelines.
I am an Attachment Counsellor/Psychotherapist and hold a Level 5 Attachment Psychotherapy qualification so I work with attachment and relational difficulties. I work with difficult emotions such as anger, rage, depression and anxiety. I work with bereavement, with people who feel lost, with trauma, with people who just want to understand why they think, feel or behave the way that they do. I work with parents and with counselling students. I am trauma trained to the New Haven Competencies, am an Internal Family Systems informed therapist and have been trained by Gabor Mate in his Compassionate Inquiry approach. I use the Psychodynamic approach as well as the psychoanalytic theory of Transactional Analysis.
Continued professional development (CPD) is something that I am passionate about and I take up various training courses throughout the year, where I gain new skills or build on my existing knowledge.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Bereavement and Loss, Anxiety, Depression, Relationships, Attachment, Self-Esteem, Communication, Emotion Regulation.
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Each session is charged at £55.00. For Student Counsellors the charge is £45.00. I also have two sessions reserved for clients on low income - please enquire direct.
When I work
Weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Further information
The Therapy Shed® can be found on Facebook, Linked In and Instagram.