Justine Sheedy
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About me
As a highly qualified and experienced psychotherapist, I can support you with a number of worries and events that may be past or present in your life, maybe you have concerns about what will happen in the future?
I use a variety of different techniques to support you and am able to adapt my approach to suit your needs.
I am able to support adults and children with many issues and offer counselling and psychological support for things such as trauma, relationship problems, chronic pain, low mood, self esteem, depression, bereavement, phobia, stress, intrusive thoughts, managing emotions, ocd, anger, addiction and anxiety.
I have specialisms in intergenerational trauma (childhood and relationships) and OCD/anxiety. I am completing my professional doctorate where the topic of my research is the both of the above.
Therapy can offer many coping skills and psychological strategies to overcome these and other feelings. In addition to counselling and psychological interventions I am also able to offer CBT, which is a very short term, goal focussed way to overcome difficulties. I have many years experience both with the nhs and also more recent years, privately.
A consultation with me is free and can last around 20 minutes, online or telephone only. Not everyone goes for this option and some prefer to have therapy right away but I always suggest it as some people like to know who they are going to meet and then make a decision if and how they would like to proceed. Eg face to face, the ways in which I could help. There is no right or wrong. It would be your choice to have a free consultation or not.
Why therapy?
Therapy is used to treat emotional problems and mental health conditions, it involves talking to a trained therapist either 1-1 or in a group, it involves looking deeper into your problems and worries and allows you time, confidential space and guidance to work out ways to solve your worries or issues. Therapy can also help you to deal with troublesome habits either cognitive (thoughts) or behavioural (actions). (CBT*)
Therapy is often to referred to as a listening or talking therapy, this is the case for many types of therapists although, therapists are trained to help you to solve your problems so they may suggest a strategy to help solve your problem or even ways to overcome these difficult emotions and support you to change your attitudes and behaviours.
Often coping strategies are needed to help you calm the overwhelming feelings and emotions and your therapist will be trained to help you find ways to cope with these.
Some therapists use art, music, mindfulness and creativity/play, this is often useful for clients who initially feel unable to express their needs through talking
Training, qualifications & experience
I have more than 15 years of experience working with individuals from very different backgrounds, I currently volunteer for MIND mental health charity and previously worked for a university in South Wales as a specialist mental health mentor. I have a special interest in relationships and OCD but work with a wide range of difficulties and am able to adapt my approach to best suit your needs.
Qualifications
*DPsych Counselling Psychology (TBC 2026)
*PGDiP Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy
*MSc Psychology
*TA101- Transactional analysis
*Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
*Online counselling - a coronavirus primer
*LI CBT
*Counselling Online - BACP competencies for telephone and e-counselling - Serenity Counselling
*Internal Family Systems Therapy - A non pathologising way of working
*Attachment Informed Couples Therapy
Further training: Group facilitator
MBCT - mindfulness based cognitive therapy
CBT - stress control
CBT/ACT - acceptance and commitment therapy
DBT- emotional skills regulation
Living life to the full - Group
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
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Fees
£105.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£105 - 60-70 minute session for individuals
£165 - 70 -90 minute session for couples
Payable within 24 hours of invoice
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I am able to offer a flexible service, please contact me if the session you would like is not listed as available.
Further information
I am able to offer face to face, online on telephone sessions.
