Joanne O'Shea

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Sevenoaks TN15 & West Malling ME19
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

Perhaps stress at work is leaving you struggling to switch off and relax; you lie awake at night worrying and overthinking, unable to sleep. Maybe you constantly question whether you are good enough, resulting in constant anxiety about making mistakes, and you worry about what colleagues will think of you. Or perhaps you feel that work is all consuming – taking over your time, thoughts, feelings, and energy – which may be impacting your relationships and home life.

Thank you if you’ve chosen to read my profile. I’m guessing that the idea of counselling is starting to appeal to you if you have got this far. However, you might be worrying about having to fit yet another thing into your stressful busy week. The good news is that counselling doesn’t have to take a lot of your time. Sessions are just 50 minutes per week and because I offer online counselling sessions through Zoom or over the telephone, this allows you to have the sessions from the comfort of your own home, with no travel time to factor in.  I am also able to be more flexible with appointment times for you because I work online.  Another concern may be worrying about not knowing what to say. Having gone through therapy myself, I remember how nervous I felt so I understand.  I will gently work together with you to explore what’s brought you to counselling and what your needs are.

Counselling can be transformative and give you new and different perspectives on your relationship with work. It can help you to recognise what is causing you stress at work and the underlying reasons. This can help you to develop coping strategies and to start making different choices about how and who you want to be. Talking about your feelings of not being good enough without fear of judgement can help you to develop confidence and recognise your skills, expertise, and experience. Ultimately through greater self-awareness and self-compassion, you can learn to value yourself. Counselling can also help you to set boundaries and manage other people’s expectations, giving you more time for your relationships and to live a more fulfilling life.

I haven’t always been a counsellor and have personal experience of living for the weekend and getting the Sunday night blues every week. Since retraining as a counsellor, I have worked with many clients who for a variety of reasons have felt unhappy at work. They often felt alone with their issues and did not want to burden their friends and family. In our counselling sessions, they have been able to unburden themselves which has helped them to feel understood, lighter, and less alone. I have listened and supported them to decide what changes they needed to make to gain more freedom and a better work-life balance.  The average person will spend 90,000 hours at work in a lifetime – that’s a huge amount of time. Would you like more freedom and to feel less stressed? I would love to help you find the tools, coping strategies and changes that will help you to make that happen.

I am a fully qualified and registered counsellor with the BACP and an accredited member of the NCPS.

So, if you have read this far and some of what I have said is resonating with you, please get in touch. I look forward to hearing from you

Training, qualifications & experience

  • CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
  • CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
  • CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
  • NCO and ACTO approved Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling Course (through Counselling Tutor)
  • Suicide Prevention and Awareness Training
  • NCFE CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Safeguarding and Prevent

As well as working with my private practice clients, I have worked with adults and young adults at Mind and other community-based counselling projects, both in person and online. I have also worked online as an affiliated counsellor for Health Assured providing a solution-focused, short-term approach to counselling.

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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.

Fees

£60.00 per session

Health Insurance/EAP

  • Health Assured

Additional information

£60 per session

When I work

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Night

Some early evening appointments may be available. I work flexibly with shift workers that can't always commit to weekly sessions or at the same time/day. Please contact me to discuss.

Further information

Sessions are 50 mins over Zoom or the telephone.

Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15

Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19

Type of session

Online
Phone

Types of client

Adults
Older adults

Key details

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Online platforms

Zoom
Joanne O'Shea
Joanne O'Shea