Jasmine Cortazzi
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
With anxiety and self-doubt, there can be self-criticism and a tendency to blame yourself for the life's challenges. Maybe you work hard, and are ambitious to achieve, and possibly a perfectionist, but feel there are obstacles blocking your progress. Challenges around relationships (such as break ups, divorces, and bereavements), work stress, identity, and trauma can feel overwhelming and you might feel 'stuck', but you fully accept that positive change is vital and that now is the time to act. If so, therapy could be for you.
Perhaps you have ADHD, are neuro diverse, and have had significant struggles, but now want to move forward towards a better future. As a member of the LGBTQ + community, you may have experienced prejudice and rejection, and want to feel more whole, accepted and understood.
Therapy involves talking openly in a confidential space, engaging in the healing process, and enlisting professional support to bring about positive change.
No-one wants problems to impact on people we love, or our mental health, or work. I empower you to find calm, strength, confidence and courage to enhance your life. I work with individual adults-not couples- and also older teenagers.
Contact me for a free consultation.
- In short, staying 'stuck' is no longer an option, and you want to change your life now rather than continue to feel depressed or lost, stressed, or even empty. As a BACP therapist, I have the expertise, training and empathy to help you move towards a better destination.
How I work?
Working at your pace, I listen to your feelings providing a safe space to process difficult emotions. Feeling deeply heard, and being able to speak about openly- without being judged-can create a new energy in your life. A healing relationship is refreshing; it is about warmth and compassion, and can help boost your self-esteem. As you share what is important to you, more hope is generated, and the potential to find greater meaning and purpose in life. Gently, we will work together to help you to achieve your goals. We may explore the past, as well as difficulties in the present. Learning from set backs can help you raise your awareness about what does not serve you well and reset unhelpful relational patterns. We may draw on creative approaches- for example, using sand tray, therapy cards, or inner child work. Working together, you can be confient that you have someone on your team who will challenge you- in the right way.
By the end of therapy, many people feel more confident, happier, calmer and more emboldened to take risks.
A new, exciting transformation awaits you when you take action.
Email me for a free consultation.
Who do I work with?
- I work with individual adults- not couples. I also work with older teenagers.
Issues I support clients with:
- anxiety,
- depression,
- loss & bereavement, feeling sad, anger,
- low confidence and self-esteem issues,
- relationship issues & separation/ divorce, family issues,
- work related stress & burn out,
- trauma & abuse, bullying,healing the 'inner child' work,
- ADHD, neurodiversity,
- life changes, LGBTQ + related issues; and also
- finding meaning and purpose.
I also provide life coaching support to help clients with life transitions & job changes.
What might therapy focus on?
You are at the centre of the therapy, and so the therapy is bespoke to you as a unique individual, but could explore:
- how difficulties are impacting on you,
- processing your feelings,
- using meditation, breath work, affirmations and visualisation,
- what you want your life and experience to be like now,
- your life story,past and background,
- your values,
- your strengths,
- what your choices are,
- your preferred future outcome, and possible actions to realise your goals.
I create a safe, supportive, and non-judgemental therapeutic relationship with you, enabling you to talk freely to help you to release your potential for personal growth, and to discover new directions . As a client, you matter to me, and I help to you build your self-esteem to move forward. Seeing you transform your life for the better is a great privilege.
I work in person in Fulford and Fishergate, York and also offer online sessions.
What to expect from me?
- Careful listening and empathy,
- respect,
- confidentiality,
- a strong therapeutic relationship,
- encouragement, warmth and support.
- I will integrate different humanistic therapy approaches to suit your needs.
- For example, I may use: relational, person-centred, pluralistic, existential, creative, and solution focused approaches.
- I am continually reading in the therapy field and love learning new things.
My background.
My background is in developing people as a highly experienced teacher and also a leader (in middle management roles). Over several years, I have become a BACP qualified psychotherapist with a passion for supporting clients' growth . I worked in two different local counselling charities for over 5 years, as well as for a large online national counselling service, and have my own full time, private practice. I have been working in the field for about 11 years.
Client feedback
“Jasmine has been absolutely amazing. She is so understanding, kind and compassionate and is clearly very good at her job. She is quick to respond, and has been very good at helping me understand my anxious thoughts and feelings. I would highly recommend Jasmine to anybody who is wondering whether to book in with her.”
"She gave me back my life and made me see that I am worth something... She helped me to see the light inside me and made me realise the trauma I went through- from abandonment to assault -was not my fault. She's helped me see I am a cool person and I have so much love and life to give."
Next steps
Email me for a free consultation.
In the message, please give a brief overview of: your situation, the issue and its impact, your goals and availability for sessions.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
Diploma in Supervision (Leeds Centre for Psychological Development).
Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy. Level 7(Leeds Beckett University).
Post Graduate Certificate in Pluralistic Counselling. (Abertay University).
Graduate Certificate in Youth Counselling. (Glasgow Caledonia University).
M.A. in Educational Leadership. (Nottingham University)
P.G.C.E. in English. (Sheffield University)
M.A. in Literature. (Leeds University).
BA in English (Leeds University).
Counselling experience
- INSIGHT Charity Dundee- 2 years as a volunteer therapist.
- York St John's CMHC-3 years as a volunteer counsellor.
- Better Help- worked as an online therapist seeing clients nationwide.
- Private Practice in York- full time.
Teaching/ leadership experience
- Over 25 years teaching English in a variety of schools. I have consistently supported youngsters, and staff, providing pastoral help, academic expertise and mentor training.
- 17 years as a middle leader.
Recent training courses studied
Shamanic practitioner training-learning about journeying- which is like guided meditation, deepening a connection with nature, and energetic healing practices inspired by indigenous peoples.
Abuse and its effects into adulthood (Deep Release)
Somatic therapy Christine Holt.
Introduction to Counselling Children and Young People (John Bradley).
Play therapy (John Bradley).
Rewind Approach to Trauma (Julia Summers IARTT)
Member organisations
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
£55.00 per session
Additional information
Free initial telephone session. ( Email me).
I provide a 10-15 minute phone consultation. This will help us to decide if we wish to work together.
Sessions are 50 minutes- either face to face, or telephone or online, charged at £55 . Sessions are weekly or every 2 weeks.
Most clients commit to around 6-10 sessions but there is flexibility.
I work with individual clients- not couples.
Currently, I have good day time availability and less evening availability.
When I work
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Please email me for the latest information on availability.
Face-to-face in Fishergate/ Fulford, or online or phone work.
Further information
Currently, I have availability for face to face, online and telephone work.
Contact me for a free consultation.
I work in Fishergate/Fulford, York face to face, as well as online with clients who live further away or have commitments which mean they cannot attend in person.
On our first session
I will ask you what brings you to counselling, establish what your goal might be, and provide you with a confidential space to talk to facilitate your growth.
