About me
Hello, my name is Jill. I am an experienced integrative counsellor who has additional training in EMDR practice and from the Association of Family & Systemic Therapists.
How I can support you
Are you struggling with:
- Sadness and loneliness of grief and bereavement?
- Stress, anxiety or panic that impact your life?
- Traumatic experience from your past that needs resolving?
- A long-term health condition or cancer?
- Distressing moods such as depression or anger?
- Family issues that are causing tensions in relationships?
- A phobia that is holding you back?
I have years of experience and can help you find your unique solutions to problems and improve your sense of wellbeing.
I offer you a safe and respectful space. As an integrative counsellor, I tailor the therapies I use to your individual situation. We will explore your thoughts, feelings, behaviours, relationships and your context to understand them better. I will encourage you to understand how to use your own strengths and ways of coping. You can then re-evaluate what is troubling you and consider your own options for moving forwards.
I am available during:
Wednesdays 1pm – 6pm
Thursdays 1pm – 6pm
Fridays 9am – 6pm
The ways I work
I work with individuals and couples online: -
- I am client-centred; working to develop trust between us and create a way of working together that helps you understand yourself better and increases your confidence in moving towards change.
- Attachment-focused therapy gives insights into the deeper patterns in your relationships and ways of coping
- CBT gives proven strategies and resources to explore your thoughts, understand and calm your feelings and bring choices about your behaviours.
- EMDR is effective for working with past trauma, anxiety, phobias, social humiliations as well as grieving.
- Family Therapies support individuals, couples and families to understand difficulties and differences and move towards strengths in relationships.
- Neuroscientific ideas tell us that we can change and having some insight into how our brain works helps us to understand our responses better.
Please contact me by email
Email me to arrange a 20-minute introductory conversation (no charge). You can briefly say what is bringing you to counselling and ask any questions you have.
I look forward to hearing from you.
EMDR Article:
Please look at my blog on the MS-UK website about how EMDR could support someone with a long-term health condition such as MS
https://ms-uk.org/blog/what-is-emdr/
Client Testimonial
Building trust and a strong therapeutic relationship was absolutely key for me and Jill provided that from the very beginning. The EMDR sessions were transformative, helping me overcome deep-rooted childhood anguish that had been impacting my everyday life for years.
Through this process, I’ve made so many positive changes for the better. Jill’s compassion, understanding, and professionalism made all the difference. I felt truly supported every step of the way.
I highly recommend Jill to anyone seeking a counsellor who genuinely cares and can help you achieve meaningful, lasting change.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- Professionally accredited with the British Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapists (MBACP Accred)
- Master’s Degree (MSc) in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy from Derby University in 2013.
- Qualified EMDR Practitioner
- Awarded Systemic Practitioner status in 2021. This involved 2 years training with the Association for Family & Systemic Psychotherapy (AFSP), for working with couples and families (www.aft.org.uk) .
- Certified to work online
- I continue to maintain and enhance my skills with professional training each year.
Experience
- In my private practice, supporting clients with a wide range of problems, such as anxiety, stress, trauma, negative self-beliefs, low mood, self-esteem and relationship issues.
- Head of Service and Counsellor in health-care setting:
- Supporting those adjusting to the changes and/or losses that long-term life limiting health conditions can bring.
- Supporting those with cancer diagnosis and their families - Head of Service and Counsellor in a Bereavement Service
- Counsellor with those who have experienced trauma and abuse within their close relationships
- With younger adults (18-25 years), working, for example, with anxieties, stress, depression, grief and loss and relationship issues.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
£68.00 per session
Additional information
My fees are:
- Individual clients (60 mins) - £68
Please email me to arrange our 20 minute introductory conversation (no charge) to see how we can work together for your benefit. Just click on the 'Email Me' button by my photo at the top of the page.
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