Jenny Hodsdon
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I specialise and am experienced in every aspect of anxiety, panic attacks and worry. Anxiety takes away our enjoyment of life. It was a struggle with anxiety that initially made me seek out counselling but my life experience includes adverse childhood experiences, mother-daughter issues, chronic illness, life-limiting illness, grief and ambiguous loss. I offer a warm, wise and inclusive approach in sessions.
I can help you to understand why you feel anxious, what is happening in your nervous system and offer you coping strategies to find calm. It is possible to bring your anxiety under control.
My other specialist area is grief and especially where cancer or brain illnesses such as dementia have played a part. You may currently be caring for someone with those conditions and need support in that role. If you have experienced any loss- whether that is the death of a loved one or pet, loss of your career, your health or a relationship then I have the skills to ensure you are supported to grieve and develop the resilience to cope with the changes this brings.
Many of my clients have finished therapy with the following improvements to their lives:-
- Have a toolkit of strategies for coping with anxiety, panic attacks and overwhelm.
- Have understood why they have a low opinion of themselves and how to improve it.
- Have learned about how their childhood has affected their relationships negatively as an adult.
- Have been able to process the emotions of grief fully.
- Have been listened to and, most importantly, have had their story fully heard, not dismissed or disbelieved.
It's a real privilege for me to be able to offer this kind of help to my clients. Counselling is very different to the types of support you would perhaps get from family and friends.
If you are struggling with your relationship, I can offer counselling to help you find what the problem is and help you to improve it. Whether it's problems with arguing and not communicating, loss of intimacy or your relationship is no longer fulfilling, I can help you get it back on track.
I am passionate about helping you to cope with life's challenges and fully committed to you finding some joy in your life. I do appreciate that you feeling better about yourself may seem impossible from where you are stood right now but help is literally just an email away.
Why not take the first step and drop me an email today?
How to get in touch
Use the Contact form to send me an email. I will reply as soon as possible (usually within one working day).
My charges
I have a scale of charges starting from £40.
Training, qualifications & experience
- 12 years experience
- BSc Psychology (Hons)
- Diploma (Level 4) in Therapeutic Counselling
Shorter training courses attended (most recent first):
Working with metaphor
Working Therapeutically with CPTSD
Creative Counselling
Introduction to CPTSD
Somatic Resourcing Part 1 & 2
Timelines from a Trauma Perspective
Couples Counselling: Communication and Difference
Working Creatively with Loss
Working creatively with Shame
Socratic Questioning
Transferring Therapy Online
Solution Focused Therapy
Samaritans Suicide training
Self Harm Training
Basic Life Support
Equality, Adult Safeguarding, Confidentiality and data protection
Experience
I have 12 years experience of counselling adults aged 18-80 years of age.
I have experience of many mental health issues
I am experienced in counselling members of the LGBTQIA community.
I have experience of working within a wide range of counselling services including counselling clients with a chronic illness or life-limiting diagnosis, counselling carers, Bereavement and Loss Counselling. I regularly assist in local bereavement groups and setting up of bereavement cafés.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Anxiety & Panic Attacks
- Women's issues
- Low self esteem
- Low mood
- Depression
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder
- Work/Life balance
- Harassment at work
- Bullying
- Chronic illness
Fees
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My normal fee is £50 per session.
Payment Methods Accepted
BACS, SUM UP Card reader, cash.
When I work
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I offer in-person sessions.
Please email me to book an initial phonecall to see if we are a good fit, and then we can arrange a session.
Further information
LGBTQ Ally, Face to face sessions for individuals. Quiet, confidential counselling room within easy reach of Hyde, Stockport, Marple, Bredbury.
