Jen Ashmore
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About me
After many years of study, training and experience I help adults and young people overcome a variety of limitations. I’m a humanistic therapist, trained in the Person-centred approach and my practice is informed by other evidence-based knowledge. My aim is to be a real person with you and create a real relationship, where you don’t need to pretend or hide away. My adult and younger clients, from all walks of life have been helped through my warm relational style, genuine acceptance and respect, and my ability to reach parts they often didn’t realise could or should have a voice.
People turn to therapy for many reasons, sometimes as a last resort, and it can be difficult. If you can’t find the words to begin with, then that’s okay too, I will use my skills to find a way for us to understand what’s going on for you. And please know, it isn’t always necessary to relive past trauma for me to be able to help, unless of course, you feel you need to be heard – then, when you feel safe enough, I will patiently listen with compassion and respect for what you’ve experienced.
Broadening awareness of your internal world often brings relief and a greater sense of control and self-belief. From this foundation we can look at finding strategies to better cope with past, present, or future difficulty, in ways that are derived from your values and desired goals. Ultimately, you may find that being in an accepting, understanding relationship is enough to nurture a quiet resilience within you that you perhaps hadn't recognised or thought you'd lost, to bring about positive change and improve your wellbeing.
How many sessions?
The length of time for our work together will be determined by you, and I encourage an ongoing dialogue to ensure you are gaining what you feel you need most. As a guide, significant progress can be achieved between 6 and 12 sessions and will be discussed and reviewed as we go along. You can have more or less sessions if you would like.
Confidentiality is also very important to me, so I will discuss this with you before we begin so you have choice and control.
Training, qualifications & experience
My work with young people
I’m a mum to teens so have first-hand experience in addition to in-depth knowledge, via my degree training, of their unique developmental stages and needs. I have supported students as an Associate Counsellor at a local sixth form college, and volunteered at a separate sixth form college during my early training.
My work with students involved supporting them with depression, anxiety, dissociation, anger, emotion dysregulation, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, gender variance, transgender, sexuality, relationships, abuse and trauma including varying degrees of attachment trauma, grief, and loss.
My warm, accepting and non-directive approach supports young people to identify self-determined solutions to their problems, strengthening their sense of individual identity; helping them to recognise their ability to manage the confusion and conflict they experience due to the multiple and varied demands placed upon them.
My work with adults
In addition to my work in private practice, I volunteered for over 4 years at a local charitable organisation. I worked with men and women, often with complex needs, many having been referred by their GP. During lockdowns I trained to be able to continue supporting my clients either online or over the phone. I have since extended this training to work online with clients and hold a certificate approved by the BACP to undertake this way of working.
My work with adults is grounded in the Person-centred approach and, where appropriate, I integrate my trauma-informed training which initially involves support with managing emotions; stabilisation via easy-to-understand psycho-education, grounding and attending to things like self-care and coping skills.
I have supported adults ranging in age and from varying cultural backgrounds with things like: anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicidal ideation, attachment and relational trauma, relationship issues, family conflict and recovery from divorce. I have a special interest in working with grief and loss and have studied this area extensively.
I have also worked as a counselling tutor, teaching counselling studies at a local FE college.
What else can therapy help with?
Counselling isn't only for those who have suffered adversity during childhood. It's for anyone feeling like they just need to talk things over with someone who knows how to listen in a non-judgemental way. Counselling can offer opportunity to gain new perspectives and clarity, whether your problems stem from work-related stress, hormonal changes that are taking their toll or life in general feels overwhelming.
Professional Membership
I am an accredited, registered member of the BACP and work to their ethical framework. I hold an advanced DBS certificate which is on the government's update service. I'm happy to share more information about these important aspects of our work together.
I have regular professional supervision to ensure I am working to the best ethical and safety standards and as part of my BACP membership, I continue to update my skills and knowledge by attending workshops, seminars and training courses.
Covid-19
I am triple-vaccinated against Covid-19. My therapy room is large enough to provide 2m social-distancing and offers appropriate ventilation.
Training and Qualifications
- BSc (First Class Hons) Counselling & Psychotherapy
- Level 4 Diploma Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 3 Certificate Counselling Skills
- Level 2 Certificate Counselling Concepts
- Certificate in Online & Telephone Counselling (ACTO & BACP approved)
- CPD certificates to support my work include working with trauma, suicide, bereavement, anxiety, Intro to IFS (Internal Family Systems), Polyvagal theory, counselling young people, safeguarding, equality and diversity, Prevent training, sexual violence and harassment, cannabis awareness and vicarious trauma
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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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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If you would like to find out more about possibly working together, feel free to talk with me over the phone, without charge or obligation. Please call or email me. If I'm unavailable to answer your call, please leave your name and a convenient time for me to call you back.
I work from a comfortable, private office with its own car park, within easy access of Huddersfield and surrounding areas because of its close proximity to the M62.
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