Judy James

I support people from all walks of life to navigate their way through challenging circumstances and difficult, painful feelings. Perhaps you're here seeking help to make small changes that can make a positive difference to the way you feel about yourself, your situation and relationships. This might be if you are exhausted by anxiety, stress and pressures of day-to-day life, overwhelmed by negative thoughts and impulsivity, or seeking resolution to relationship distress.

My practice is based on sound experience, extensive training and continuous professional development to provide a wide range of skills. My approach is from a non-medicalising, non-pathologising, holistic view of human distress, and I use well-researched, evidence-based practcies that are effective in promoting long-lasting, sustainable change. With care and compassion I will support you to work through your feelings and attend to the root cause, get to know yourself deeply and enable you to modulate your emotional reactions so that you can live life contentedly with less stress, inner conflict and worry.

By integrating Coaching and Therapy you can benefit from the two approaches. We can work together to address the negative thoughts and feelings that have caused you to seek support; we can also work towards solutions with a positive, future-focused approach.

For Couples - Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

EFCT is a structured, usually short-term, collaborative approach that helps partners re-build love and trust to make their relationship stronger and more secure.

Unlike traditional forms of couple counselling, EFCT is a clearly defined 3 stage process with specific steps and interventions to enable partners to understand their own and each others emotional reactions and learn new ways to communicate, relate to each other and resolve conflict and distancing. The process of EFCT enables each partner to discover how their relationship history affects their interactions now, and enables them to identify where and how communication breaks down between them. EFCT is goal focused to increase security, closeness and connection in adult relationships.

How successful can EFCT be?

Based on the scientific study of adult love, attachment theory and the pioneering work of Prof Leslie Greenberg and Dr Sue Johnson, EFCT is well-researched and has a high success rate in overcoming relationship set-backs and difficulties. Research studies have found that 70-75% of couples recover from relationship distress, and approximately 90% rate themselves as significantly improved. EFCT provides partners with a set of strategies and interventions to maintain the new bond, and problem-solve together so that they can overcome difficulties that arise in the future.

**********************************************************************     Waiting list: Please note there is currently a 4 month waiting list for sessions. You are welcome to enquire to join the waiting list and in some circumstances I may offer an initial consultation; however, it may not be until February 2025 that I can see you for a full course of sessions. 

Therapeutic Coaching
Integrative Coach-Therapy

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Trauma Informed & Trauma Responsive Care

Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples and Adult Family Relationships

There is a scale of charges dependent on venue, time of day, duration, single or block bookings, type of therapy etc, but fees are negotiable and an important topic to discuss and agree during an initial consultation. Choosing the right therapist and agreeing a way of working that best suits you and your needs are important steps at the start of the process. I understand how crucial it is for you to feel that you can talk openly in a supportive, non-judgmental, confidential environment; that's why I offer and make no charge for an initial consultation at which all these important factors can be freely discussed.

For Workshops and Seminars: Full details of prices, venues and content are available on request. See the Further Information section of this profile for a summary list of topics. I also welcome your enquiry if you would like to mix-and-match or include other aspects of personal or professional development so that a workshop is designed exclusively to meet the training, learning and development needs or your organisation.

From time to time I run workshops and seminars to raise awareness of

• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Trauma Informed and Trauma Responsive Care
• Emotional Health and Wellbeing
• Emotion Focused Therapy: Coaching clients to work through their feelings
• Creating Connection: Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
• Attachment in Action: the relevance of theory to therapeutic practice

For details of up-and-coming workshops or to book a bespoke seminar for your organisation, please get in touch by phone or email.