Jenny Ellis
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About me
Hi, I’m Jenny, but you can call me Jenn.
It’s natural to be curious about your therapist, you’re trusting them with your most precious thoughts, feelings and experiences. I should know, I had a lot of questions about my therapist when I started personal therapy too.
I am a cisgendered, pansexual, divorced woman. A mother, a partner, and I'm neurosparkly! My pronouns are she/ her.
I believe my experience of personal therapy is paramount in my client work. After all, how can I ask you to trust me to accompany you to those places within, if I’ve never been to my own.
I have lived a colourful life (and I’m not just talking about my hair), which provides me with rich experiences to draw on when working with you. There is nothing you cannot say to me.
I support adults over 18 as individuals, couples or multi-partnered relationships.
As a Person Centred and Emotionally Focussed Therapist I believe no one knows you better than yourself. Perhaps you just need a little help to navigate your own path, and find your happy. Our sessions will last for 50 minutes for individuals, 60 minutes for couples*, either face to face or online.
I work in a non-directive and non-judgemental way. I do not advise or interpret, I can help you, but I cannot do the work for you. There are many modalities of therapy, the type of therapy you do is not as important as finding the right therapist for you. That’s one of the reasons I offer a free 30-minute exploratory session to see if we can work together. Introductory calls are always via Teams and not over the phone, if you are seeking couples therapy you need to be physically together in person or both available for the same Teams call if at distance from one another.
I can’t fix your problems for you, but I can promise that you won’t have to face them alone.
If you choose to enquire via email, please include a contact number where I can reach you.
I reply to all enquiries, however emails can sometimes be filtered into junk/spam. Having an alternative contact makes sure you don’t miss my response and we can arrange next steps more smoothly.
*60 minutes unless otherwise agreed for couples/ multi-partnered work intensive sessions of 1hr 30 may be required/ requested, the cost will be reflective of this.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a fully registered member of the BACP (MBACP) and abide by their ethical framework. I pride myself on keeping my knowledge and training up to date, regularly attending top up and specialist area training courses. It’s important to me to to keep up with the latest learnings, allowing me to better support you. I currently hold a double accredited L4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling from the CPCAB and BACP.
I am also Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples and ethically non-monogamous relationships trained, registered with BEFT Centre and ICEEFT.
Further areas of personal and professional development I have studied or have experience in:
- Emotionally Focused Therapy - For Couples and Multi-partnered relationships/ Ethically non-monogamous relationships/ Polyamory
- Attachment Theory
- Trauma - A Time Displacement Disorder
- Working with Race
- Working with Fertility and Conception Issues, IVF, Miscarriage, Stillbirth.
- Gender, Sexuality and LGBTQ+
- Working with Autistic Spectrum Conditions and Neurodiversity
- Working with Disability, Chronic Illness and Pain
- Mental Health First Aid Training
- Working with Sexualised Trauma
- Cruse Bereavement Counsellor
- Working with Addiction - Sex, Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling, Pornography, Social Media
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
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Fees
£60.00 - £120.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Free 30 minute initial consultation online or via the telephone.
£55 Students and Blue Light Workers.
£60 - Individuals
£90 - Couples/ multi-partnered 60 minutes sessions
£120 - Couples & Multi-partnered 1hr 30 min sessions
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Further information
There are many highly qualified and talented therapists out there, finding the right one for you is important. That’s one of the reasons I offer a free 30-minute exploratory session to see if we can work together.
Your choice of therapy, your choice of therapist. I encourage you to listen to your gut feeling when it comes to finding a therapist. I trust you to know what’s right for you.
I work from my home in Melbourn on the ground floor. Other than a bathroom and a garage there are no other rooms on that floor, as such we will undisturbed and your confidentiality maintained.
If emailing, please add a contact number if you’re comfortable to do so.
I always respond to enquiries, but emails can occasionally go to junk/spam. A phone number simply gives us another reliable way to connect and make sure you receive my reply.
