About me
Perhaps you're coping on the outside, but underneath you're exhausted, anxious, overwhelmed or simply not yourself. You may be struggling with a relationship, going through a loss or major life change, or finding that old patterns keep repeating despite your best efforts to change them.
I'm Karen, an experienced integrative counsellor in Wellington, Somerset. I work with adults, couples and young people, helping you understand what's happening, make sense of how you feel and find a way forward that feels right for you.
Many of my clients come to me feeling anxious, low or overwhelmed — caught between wanting to hold everything together and feeling like they’re quietly falling apart.
You might be living with anxiety, depression, grief, or burnout, or struggling with unhealthy relationships — with people, with food, or with yourself.
Perhaps you’re navigating the emotional changes of menopause, feeling unheard in a toxic or one-sided relationship, or simply aware that life has become about coping rather than living.
I help you understand what’s happening beneath the surface — the dopamine-driven patterns, the old emotional survival strategies, and the loss of voice that can come from years of putting others first.
Together, we explore what your feelings are trying to tell you and gently unpick what’s keeping you stuck, so you can rebuild self-trust, confidence, calm, and connection.
Grief, whether from bereavement, relationship loss, or the life you thought you’d have, often weaves through this work too. My approach offers space to honour that pain while finding meaning and hope again.
Relationships, separation and family change
I work with people experiencing relationship difficulties, separation and challenging family dynamics, including situations where communication has become difficult, or conflict is having a significant emotional impact. I can also support clients with the stress and emotional impact of legal or family proceedings.
Counselling offers a confidential space to process what is happening, understand the impact it is having on you, strengthen boundaries and coping strategies, and find ways of managing situations that may not be within your control.
How I Work
I work in an integrative way, drawing on several therapeutic approaches to suit your needs. My foundation is Person-Centred, offering warmth, empathy, and respect, alongside Transactional Analysis, which helps you understand patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaviour. Together, we’ll explore how your past experiences might be shaping your present, and how to create positive, lasting change.
I also bring skills from my background in coaching, teaching, and training.
Appointments
I offer daytime and evening sessions in Wellington, Somerset, with free parking. I also offer online sessions nationwide.
Sessions can be short-term (to focus on a specific issue) or longer-term for deeper exploration.
If you’re unsure where to start, you’re very welcome to contact me for a free, confidential chat to see if I’m the right fit for you.
📞 07773 350459
🌐 www.karenjanas.co.uk
Training, qualifications & experience
- 15+ years' counselling and coaching experience
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling
- Diploma in Supervision
- Diploma in Counselling Children & Adolescents
- Certificate in Transactional Analysis
- PGCE
- PTLLS
Additional specialist training & CPD
Working therapeutically with children and young people
Trauma-informed practice
Domestic abuse and coercive control
High-conflict relationships
Working with neurodiversity
Couples and relationship work
Menopause and midlife
Grief and bereavement
Creative therapeutic approaches
CBT/DBT/CAT-informed approaches
Transactional Analysis
Online and telephone counselling
Safeguarding
Suicide and self-harm
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
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
- Toxic relationships
- Co-Parenting
- Unplanned pregnancy, baby loss, miscarriage and terminations;
- Single Parenting;
- Chronic Pain;
- Disability;
- Agoraphobia;
- Invisible Illnesses;
- Transgender;
- Emetophobia.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£75.00 - £95.00
Additional information
Wellington, Somerset
Individual Counselling, 1 hr - £75
Couples Counselling, 1 hr - £85
Family Counselling, 1 hr - £95
Coaching, 1.5 hrs - £150
Supervision, 1.5 hrs - £100
Supervision, 1 hr - £75
When I work
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Further information
Wellington (Somerset)
There is free parking available at my Wellington counselling rooms.
Please get in touch to book your appointment.
Additional information can be found on www.karenjanas.co.uk.
I also work online and offer virtual appointments.
