About me
You've spent years trying to cope with what happened to you.
Maybe you grew up feeling unsafe, unseen or never good enough. Perhaps you've experienced abuse, betrayal or other traumatic events, during childhood or later, that still affect your life today.
Trauma - especially relational trauma - can shape how we see ourselves, how safe the world feels and how easy it is to trust others. It often turns up as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties or a constant feeling of being disconnected, alone and ultra vigilant about the world. We can bend ourselves out of shape to be the person we think others' want to see, sometimes losing touch with who we even are inside.
If any of that is you, you don't have to face all this alone. And you don't have to spend the rest of your life feeling this way.
I'm a BACP Accredited psychotherapist with practices in Central London and Tunbridge Wells, Kent. I also work online.
Much of my work focuses on trauma, abuse and neglect, particularly relational trauma - what people who were meant to care about us have done to us. I also work with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship difficulties, and questions around identity and sexuality.
I'm an integrative psychotherapist, so I'll adapt how I work to fit what works for you rather than following a fixed approach. I bring both professional training, to MA level, plus lived experience of relational trauma. Clients often tell me that they find me warm, engaged and easy to talk to. I'll work alongside you to make sense of what's happened and to help you move forward and out of your distress.
I'm also fully LGBTQ+ affirming, with specialist training in gender, sexuality and relationship diversity.
The first step is a free, no-obligation 20-30 minute Zoom conversation to talk about what's going on for you. We can take it from there.
I've often got availability, so do get in touch either through this site, email me at jo@jjstherapy.com or call on 07551 152067.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling - Regent's University, London (Distinction & Academic Award)
- Levels 1 and 2 qualifications in Narrative Therapy - Dulwich Centre, Adelaide
- Diploma in working with Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (GSRD) - Rainbow Minds, Dublin
- BACP Certificate of Proficiency
- Foundation Certificate in Psychotherapy and Counselling - CCPE, London
- MA Digital Culture and Society - King's College, London (Distinction & Academic Award). Dissertation focus on online mental health, including internet addiction.
- Befriending and support work for acutely depressed/suicidal people at The Maytree Respite Centre, London.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Sexual and/or gender identity issues
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £80.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Available now for new clients.
- Online sessions (£70)
- Face-to-face sessions in Tunbridge Wells, Kent (£75)
- Face-to-face sessions in London (£80)
Sessions last 50 minutes.
Concessionary prices may be available - please ask.
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