Jeanette Brazier
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About me
I am a friendly, professional counsellor with over 25 years of experience, working with a wide range of people from many different backgrounds. My aim is to help you feel able to address the difficulties that have brought you to seek therapy in a supported and caring environment, understanding how scary this can feel at first. I work with a wide range of issues such as anxiety, depression, sexual identity, relationship problems, work related stress, anger management, family issues, loss and bereavement, female empowerment and lack of confidence.
I offer an initial free 30 minute consultation to give you the opportunity to meet me and ask any questions you may have and where we can decide if we want to work together. I offer both short term focused work and open ended work according to client need and wish. I usually see clients for weekly 50 minute sessions, however we may agree to meet fortnightly or monthly as our work progresses. We will review how you are experiencing therapy on a regular basis to ensure you are getting what you need from it. I offer a respectful, calm space, using a variety of interventions, tailored to each individual. I am passionate about my work and strongly believe in our ability to make positive changes in the way we live our lives in order to experience greater fulfilment.
'There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.'
Anais Nin
Getting Started:
I am currently working as an online therapist and also in person. I invite you to contact me for an initial FREE 30 minute consultation which we can do via telephone, video call or face to face, whichever you feel most comfortable with. In our initial conversation we can discuss how sessions would work between us, including any adjustments which may be helpful for you (some folks prefer dimmed lighting or a quieter time of day for example), and we can decide how best to proceed. I look forward to hearing from you; please feel free to either call, text/Whatsapp or email to arrange an initial chat.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have the following qualifications:
- Certificate in Counselling Theory and Practice
- Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Counselling
- BA (Hons) Counselling (2:1)
I began my training in 1999 with a diploma in humanistic counselling and during this time I was on a placement with a young persons counselling service, working with a variety of presenting issues. In 2001 I began working for an NHS drug and alcohol service as a specialist counsellor, working with complex clients who often suffered from underlying mental health conditions and had experienced a high degree of neglect, trauma and abuse in their lives.
During this time I decided to return to study for my BA (Hons) Counselling to give me a deeper understanding of the issues my clients faced and broaden my knowledge and skills. I chose to study the relationship between gay clients and their therapists for my dissertation when I realized that sexual minority groups were dropping out of services at a consistently high rate. I used the learning from this to change how I worked and improve outcomes for this group as well as helping to educate my team. In 2006 I set up a small private practice allowing me to work more generically. I began working for CRI, community drug and alcohol service, in 2010 as a psychosocial intervention practitioner. I supported clients in 1-1 therapy alongside developing emotional well being groups such as anger and anxiety management and in 2012 spent a year in a male prison delivering a long term abstinence based programme for recovering addicts. In 2013, I began working as a sessional therapist, facilitating group therapy for The Priory, working with patients on their addiction programme. Since then I have spent six months working in a women's refuge, supporting families fleeing domestic abuse and delivering The Freedom Programme.
I have experience of teaching introduction to counselling courses and acting as a co-tutor on a diploma in counselling course. I have taken part in a pilot project in an immigration removal centre, providing psychological support for participants on an opiate withdrawal programme. In 2017, I took a break from therapy to pursue some personal goals and returned to therapeutic work in 2020, wanting to utilise my skills and develop my practice to include working with female empowerment for women who may need support and validation due to living in patriarchal systems. I look forward to hearing from you.
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£60
Concessions for the unemployed, refugees and low income families, also for student counsellors.
When I work
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I can offer daytime and evening appointments. Please contact me to arrange a mutually convenient time. Concessions available.
Further information
Please see my website at: www.jbcounselling.online
