About me
Hi, I'm Janet my job is to help you turn relationship confusion into clear conversations, practical tools and realistic next steps.
Has trust broken down in your relationship? Perhaps communication has become tense or silent, intimacy has changed, or betrayal, infidelity or compulsive sexual behaviour has left you unsure what to believe or what to do next.
You may also be coming alone because you are exhausted by overthinking, over-giving, walking on eggshells or repeating the same painful relationship patterns.
I’m Janet, a BACP-accredited Relationship Therapist. I work with individuals and couples who want to understand what is happening beneath their difficulties and make meaningful, informed change.
My style is warm, honest and practical. I will listen without judgement, but I will also help you recognise patterns, have clearer conversations and identify what needs to change. You do not need to arrive knowing whether the relationship can be repaired or whether you should stay or leave. Therapy can help you find greater clarity.
I specialise in:
- relationship conflict, disconnection and breakdown;
- betrayal, affairs, loss of trust and trauma-bonded relationships;
- pornography or sexually compulsive behaviour and its impact on partners; other terms used: porn addiction or sex addiction.
- intimacy, desire, sexual anxiety, shame and communication about sex;
- overgiving, people-pleasing, boundaries and self-abandonment; abandonment and identity following separation or relationship trauma;
- difficult family patterns that continue to affect adult relationships;
- grief & loss of a loved one or loss of self/identity after a life transition or spiritual experience.
I also have particular experience supporting men with relationships, intimacy and sexual concerns. I offer an inclusive and respectful service to people of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
Working with couples
When you come as a couple, I work with the relationship rather than taking sides. We explore the cycle between you, what each person brings to it and what is needed to create greater honesty, safety and emotional connection.
Couples therapy is most helpful when both partners are willing to participate honestly, even if you begin with different feelings about the relationship.
Working individually
You do not need your partner or family member to attend in order to change how you experience and respond within a relationship.
Individual sessions can help you understand why you become anxious, silent, overly responsible, disconnected or drawn back into patterns you know are hurting you. We can work on boundaries, communication, self-trust and the decisions ahead.
My experience and approach
My background includes counselling, psychotherapy, psychosexual therapy, grief and loss, education and family-system work. I have worked across NHS, hospice and private-practice settings, supporting people through relationship difficulties, sexual and intimacy concerns, trauma, separation, grief and loss related to child death.
I combine careful listening with therapeutic insight, psychoeducation and practical relationship tools. My approach is grounded in neuro-cardiology and the science of the heart-brain connection. Our work will be shaped around your needs rather than forcing you through a standard programme.
Taking the first step
It is completely understandable to feel nervous about contacting a therapist-particularly when your situation involves sex, betrayal, shame or something you have never spoken about before.
You can begin by sending me a short message explaining what you would like help with. You do not need to tell me everything. I will reply to arrange a brief introductory conversation so that we can decide whether working together feels right.
I currently have limited availability for new individuals and couples.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Janet
Training, qualifications & experience
Clinical Qualifications
- 2015–present BACP Accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist (Accredited 2022) - British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- 2022–2023 Psychosexual Therapy Certification - Tavistock Relationships Centre, London
- 2023 Working with Partners of Compulsive Sexual Behaviours and Porn Addiction - CORST
- 2024Working with Erotic Transference - BACP
- 2021 The Couples Counselling Toolkit - The Counselling Academy
- 2019–2020 BSc (Hons) Counselling: Grief and Loss; Working with Couples - Staffordshire University
- 2015–2018 Level 3 & 4 Therapeutic Counselling Diploma - Warrington Collegiate
- 2016–2017 CPCAB Level 3 & 4 Certificate in Counselling Children - Place2Be Manchester
Clinical Experience
- May 2026-Present: Therapeutic Retreat Host, Innerdance Facilitator
- 2020–Present: Relationship Therapist in Private Practice
- 2016–2022: Counsellor — Hospital Staff and Bereaved Families, Alder Centre, Alder Hey Children's Hospital Liverpool
- 2020–2021: Volunteer Counsellor, Halton Haven Hospice
Experiential and Advanced Training
- 2026 Innerdance Facilitation with Therapeutic Touch - Vida B Constellations Accredited Training
- 2024–2025 Family Constellation Therapy Facilitation - Levels 1, 2 and 3 - Vida B Constellations Accredited Training
- Two extended retreats with Dr Joe Dispenza: 7-day retreat, Cancun 2024 and Advanced 10-day retreat, Cancun 2025. The heart coherence and neurological reprogramming work in these retreats draws directly from that training.
- Alchemy of Success Graduate — William Whitecloud
- Magnetic Mind Coach — Christopher Duncan, Conscious Education
Before the Therapy Room
I spent twenty years as a primary school teacher Catholic education. That experience gave me an intimate understanding of the systems that shape how we learn to love, to hide, to perform, and to silence ourselves within different environments: family, institutional, cultural and religious. It also gave me an unshakeable belief in the capacity of every human being to grow, given the right conditions.
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
Other areas I work with:
Sex addiction; Porn addiction; Sex compulsivity; Porn compulsivity; Men's Issues
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £137.00
Additional information
Individual Therapy: 1 hour £50 1 1/2 hr £75
Couples Relationship Therapy: 1 hour - £100; 1 1/2 hours: £137
1st session with a couple is always 1 1/2 hour
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