About me
Hello, I'm Janet. Qualified for more than 20 years, I am an experienced BACP accredited therapist.
Many of the people I support work hard to cope outwardly but inwardly feel anxious, emotionally exhausted, disconnected, or stuck in painful patterns that feel difficult to change. And at some point it all gets too much to sort through alone.
Coming to see me for counselling gives you the opportunity to slow things down and give yourself some time and space to really explore what you need. We can work together to better understand where you are, and find a way through.
I am an experienced counselling tutor, counselling service manager and clinical supervisor. As an integrative counsellor/psychotherapist, I work by drawing from relational, psychodynamic, person-centred and CBT approaches according to each client’s needs and circumstances.
Individual Counselling
I can help you if you are struggling with anxiety, stress, low self-esteem or depression. I offer a professional and caring relationship and can support you if you are going through a bereavement, relationship difficulties, chronic health problems, or any other difficult life event.
If you are feeling at a crossroads, stuck in a rut, or that everything is getting on top of you, I can help to provide clarity and support which in turn enables you to make meaningful changes in your life and relationships.
Early relationships and childhood experiences can profoundly shape how we see ourselves, relate to others and cope emotionally in adult life. I am particularly experienced in helping clients who come to therapy carrying the lasting effects of difficult or emotionally neglectful experiences from earlier life.
Therapy can help make sense of these patterns with greater compassion and understanding, creating the possibility for meaningful and lasting change.
I work relationally, which means I see the therapeutic relationship itself as an important part of the process. Feeling understood, emotionally safe and able to reflect openly can create the conditions for change and healing.
Individual counselling costs £65 per 50 minute session.
I also offer online sessions via Zoom/WhatsApp.
Couple Counselling
Usually, when you are thinking about coming to see someone to talk about your relationship it will mean that things already feel difficult.
Communication might have become strained and you may find that you are stuck having the same arguments all the time and not getting anywhere, or that you can no longer talk to each other about things at all.
This may be as a result of external pressures such as a bereavement, money worries, work or family problems. Or it may be due to a breakdown in trust, infidelity, pressures of parenting, a difference in priorities, illness or any number of other issues that are impacting on your relationship.
Counselling provides a neutral and respectful structure for you both to commit some time and care to your relationship, to explore how you have got to where you are now and what you can do to improve things.
I have additional training in Couples and Relationship Counselling. My role is to help you to communicate better - to talk with and listen to each other with openness, kindness and respect. Positive change can happen quite quickly if you both really want to work towards this.
Counselling can help you to move closer as a couple and learn how to work in partnership rather than pulling away from each other. Or, if you decide that is no longer possible, or what you want, counselling can help you to bring the relationship to a close and support you both in this process. We will also work to ensure that, whenever possible, a positive co-parenting relationship is maintained.
The initial consultation is for 1 hour and costs £70. In this meeting we will spend some time looking at how things are in your relationship at the moment, what you both want, and what the best way to proceed might be. I will normally advise you both to take some time after this session to consider what we have discussed and if you would like to continue with couples counselling.
If you decide you would like to have some further sessions, these cost £70 per 1-hour session and I would normally recommend committing to 4-6 sessions. This is to give us enough time and space to make sure you have both been heard, and for us to make some positive headway towards improving things.
Relationship counselling is not only available to couples. Siblings, parent/adult child relationships can all experience difficulties, and can benefit from a neutral space to talk.
Personal Therapy or Supervision for Student Counsellors
If you are just starting out on your diploma or degree then undertaking personal therapy will either be a requirement of your course, or at least be encouraged. Personal therapy provides a space for you to process your experiences on the course and also to explore your own self, personal history and patterns of relating.
Counsellor training can be difficult at times. Having regular personal therapy will help to support you throughout your studies.
As well as working in private practice, I have several years experience as a counselling tutor and have also managed a counselling agency. Throughout this time I have provided personal therapy and supervision for many student counsellors from the early stages of their training though to graduation and beyond.
Personal therapy for student counsellors is offered at the reduced rate of £50 for regular (weekly or fortnightly) sessions.
Supervision
I have been a qualified supervisor for 18 years and have supported many student and qualified counsellors both as private supervisees and also as counsellors within a counselling agency. I worked as a counselling tutor for several years and as an agency manager, and am very aware of the challenges student counsellors face and the importance of the supervision relationship.
I believe supervision should be supportive, stimulating and restorative, where you have a safe space to openly explore all elements of your client work and professional development and feel valued and held as well as challenged.
Supervision is offered in 1-hour blocks in person or online (via Zoom).
Costs for supervision:
£50 per hour for student counsellors.
£65 per hour for qualified counsellors.
Training, qualifications & experience
Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (2005)
Level 6 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling Supervision (2008)
BSc (Hons) Reflective Therapeutic Practice (2012)
Certificate in Couples and Relationship Counselling (2018)
MA (distinction) Counselling & Psychotherapy Practice (2022)
Counselling Service Manager for a large 6th form college counselling service (2006-2013)
Counselling Tutor (2005-2010)
20 years post qualification experience in private practice
Accredited member of BACP since 2009
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.
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Fees
£65.00 per session
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Additional information
Individual counselling
Individual counselling is £65 per 50 minute session.
Couples and relationship Counselling Initial assessment and subsequent sessions at £70 for 1 hour session.
Professional services
Supervision costs £65 per hour
Supervision for student counsellors is £50 per hour
I have experience in providing consultancy support to teachers, nurses and managers within caring professions. Please contact for further details.
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