The Therapist In My Pocket

✨Stuck in the pain of what's happened to you? 

✨Reliving your Story over and over again, feeling like there's no way out? 

✨Trying hard to be one person, but always ending up being another? 

✨Longing to heal but no idea how to do that or where to begin? 

✨Just wanting it all to stop? 

My name is Janny Juddly, and I’m a psychospiritual psychotherapist and holistic practitioner. I've also trained and supervised hundreds of trainee therapists as Director of the Postgraduate Psychotherapy MA at Leicester University some years ago and am now in full time private practice.

Helping you find your way out, and through to the other side, keeping you steady company as you discover all you have within you and just how resourceful you truly are, is what I most love about being a therapist! It's an awesome journey, and I'd love to walk it with you.

I have over 35 years' experience in helping others heal, and find a freedom, sense of empowerment and aliveness they never thought possible. 

I know the territory well, and am an experienced and compassionate guide! 

Why we sometimes need the help of an experienced professional:

On our own, we can go round and round in circles, trying to find the light at the end of the tunnel, or the magic wand that will suddenly make everything feel better. What we really need, when this happens, is to talk with someone who can help us to ground ourselves again, help us to think things through, make plans, learn techniques and tools to help us cope, and help us to join things up and make some sense of why we're feeling this way.

It can be overwhelming to be struggling with difficult feelings such as fear, depression, anxiety, panic, stress, grief, anger. To feel like you are going around in circles and can't see a light at the end of the tunnel. 

Struggling on our own, it can be difficult to see a way forward and hard to believe that anyone else might understand or be able to help.

Taking that step to ask for help can be a frightening one, but it can also be the beginning of stepping out of that circle and finding a different perspective.

The fact that you are reading this says something. That may be:

1. You recognise something is wrong and are looking for a solution.

2. You don't feel great, but are unsure what the problem is and would like some help to work out what's wrong and move forward.

3. You feel stuck and would like something to change and are looking for help to make it different

Maybe you've tried medication, but feel it hasn't help as much as you'd hoped and would like to try something else instead?

Maybe you suffer from over thinking and feel anxious a low a lot of the time, leaving you feeling overwhelmed and hopeless?

Maybe you are struggling to get past some difficult experience in the past, which feels hard to forget and forgive?

Maybe you have difficulties getting on with people, making life feel hard and you feeling unable to be who you want to be?

Maybe life feels joyless and without much purpose or good things to look forward to?

Maybe you would like help to find some stillness, calm and steadiness in what feels like a frantic world?

Maybe you feel trapped in a difficult relationship and want some help?

Maybe you are struggling to deal with the loss of a loved one?

Maybe you've tried a traditional talking therapy approach and would like to explore creative, imaginative transpersonal methods to access narratives and emotions that feel out of reach from our rational minds?

What I can offer you.

I'll help you to:

• Make sense of what you're experiencing. 
• Identify ways forward: Sometimes we can't see beyond our own perception of what is possible until someone else helps us step outside and see things afresh.
• Help you to take that all important step forward with support.
• Help you make sense of and unravel the difficulties you're struggling with.
• Learn new ways of understanding and managing what's happening. 
• Rediscover and reconnect with the you that you'd really love to be. 
• Walk alongside you while you do exactly that! 

I'm Janny Juddly, a psychospiritual psychotherapist with over 35 years' experience in helping people heal, and find a freedom, joy and aliveness they never thought was possible! If you'd like to journey together for a while, just get in touch.

I work with individuals, couples, families, children & young people and groups. I have also worked as both a lecturer and supervisor in psychotherapy and counselling, and continue to supervise practitioners both in organisations and private practice.

I also work with individuals and groups as a holistic life coach, and run training and workshops in mindfulness & meditation, relaxation and anxiety management, communication skills and confidence building.

Why am I called “The Therapist in my Pocket”?

Well, that arose quite a few years ago, and has stuck ever since. Clients often told me that when they found themselves in difficult situations, they would call to mind what we had talked about in sessions and it would feel as if they had me in their pocket reminding them, or lending them strength and courage.

It was such a lovely thought that clients felt that way that, as I began to write and share more of my thoughts and knowledge and expertise on social media and in podcasts, the name took on a life of its own.

I’m now known as the Therapist in my Pocket all over the world, and I love that I can be that for others. I see this human journey called Life as one in which it helps to have another walk alongside. Not as an expert – although, of-course, it helps that the person keeping us company has plenty of life experience and knowledge to share – but rather as a fellow traveller with wisdom and insight to share, but who also believes in us, in our own resourcefulness and resilience, and our innate ability to heal if given the right conditions.

If that sounds good to you, I’d love to offer you that company on the journey, and to walk alongside you while you find inside you the wisdom and strength and self-belief and self-compassion you need in order to heal! 

What others say:

"I have never felt such trust in a therapist. After struggling with my mental health since being a child, and having had many different therapists, something has always held me back from really trusting the healing process, immersing myself in it. With Janny I feel I can do this now. I am in such safe hands, and am received with such understanding, kindness and compassion. Hand on my heart, I have never felt such peace as ai have with her guidance, perceptiveness and deep wisdom. I genuinely feel that my faith is restored in this journey of life. "
SaffronKnight

"Workingwith Janny has been transformational and I can't recommend her highly enough. She has helped me find clarity, calm and - above all - peace. During our work together, Janny has brought a fantastic cocktail of warmth, skills, depth, empathy and wit to our sessions. Thank you, Janny, for being your wonderful self - I regularly remember your wise words."                                           SharonGoody

" Janny is one of the most wonderful, empowering people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting,and working with her was the best decision I have ever made. She guides me with enormous empathy, skill, knowledge and understanding, and makes me feel heard. She has helped me to understand myself and why I feel the way I do, and has beeb an amazing guide on the incredible journey to feeling like me again. She is a real life superhero in my eyes, and I am so grateful to have found such a wonderful soul to help me on my spiritual healing journey! "                                                                                                  MariePenton

" I have grappled with anxiety for years, mostly navigating my recovery alone due to inaccessible or unhelpful professional support that often felt too detached and textbook-focused. This experience had left me skeptical about the efficacy of therapy - until I encountered Janny Juddly. Janny's approach to therapy struck such a chord with me. Her words resonated deeply, providing such a sense of understanding and comfort that felt starkly different from the conventional therapeutic models I had previously encountered. Janny is so real and accessible, and offers a wonderful blend of wisdom and practical guidance. You know there's nothing you couldn't say to her, and that she would always meet you with warmth and deep humanity. She has an exceptional ability to connect, listen and understand at a profound level. For anyone feeling hesitant about the potential impact of therapy, Janny is a testament to how the right therapist can help you transform your life. Her guidance is not just professional; it is compassionate, tailored and deeply respectful of one's personal experiences. Thank you, Janny, for helping me unearth the truth within myself, and recognise the power I have to heal on a much deeper level than I could have imagined. "                                                                                                                        LisaHoughton

" Janny's unique blend of traditional depth therapy, soul psychology, spiritual understanding and insights into individual, generational, relational, cultural and spiritual trauma all wrapped into one has been immensely therapeutic, revelatory and profoundly healing. There has been no stone left unturned. I have always felt that Janny was seeing me as a whole, never just a set of problems. Led by Janny's own warm example, I have felt deeply held and understood, encouraged to be curious, reflective and to be self-compassionate. I have never once felt judged or pathologised. I wholeheartedly recommend Janny's work! " BarbaraGianquitto

" The journey to realising you need help is not an easy one, nor is finding that special someone to help guide you through it. We are so grateful to be working with Janny. In our sessions, she has the ability to create a safe space that enables us to open up without fear of judgement. At the same time, she manages to balance that sense of safety with the drive, curiosity and insight required to help us make sense of all our challenges and get to the bottom of things. Her calm, gentle approach ensures that our feelings are heard and validated at all times. She genuinely cares and this radiates throughout the work. I feel so sad when people say therapy hasn't worked for them. I believe that's because the haven't had someone like Janny in their corner! "                              BenandRachelSocha

" Janny is all the things I'd expect from a professional in order to feel in safe hands - reliable, clear, grounded, respectful and hugely experienced and knowledgeable. She has always been just the right balance of supportive whilst inviting me to challenge myself - which she has a knack of doing in such an understated way that's hard to ignore! I have always known that Janny understands my perspective and is one hundred per cent on my side wherever that takes us, be that through more traditional therapy or, if that journey goes wider, through life and spiritual coaching. I would have no hesitation in recommending Janny to anyone who is looking for a caring, dedicated and invested professional to work with, and can wholeheartedly vouch for her insights and abilities in all areas of her work! "                                                              JoChapman

My approach

I am a holistic and psychospiritual psychotherapist with over 35 year's experience of helping other to heal. During those 35 years, I've pursued ongoing training. In particular, I have trained in Internal Family Systems Therapy, Transpersonal Therapy, and Judith Blackstone's Realization Process. My current way of working integrates all of these, within a framework which retains a psychodynamic understanding of our internal world, both conscious and unconscious. 

My initial training was psychodynamic. However, within that training there was significant emphasis placed upon the theory and practice of other models.

These included:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Humanistic PsychotherapyCompassion-based Psychotherapy
Brief Solution-Focussed Therapy
Gestalt
Person-centred
Cognitive Analytical Therapy (CAT)
Drama Therapy
Integrative Psychotherapy
Holistic Psychotherapy

I am committed to providing a safe, respectful, lively and engaging space for you. My style is warm and friendly, but you will also find me very open, honest, challenging and insightful, and an active partner in your healing process.

My approach is holistic, and this means that we will see you, and treat you, as a complex human being, mind-body-spirit. I will see you as being many parts, many experiences, the sum total of all of these having brought you to where you are right now.  And I will hold you to be capable of healing yourself, of finding your way through whatever is troubling you right now, and of having all the resources you need inside you.

I won't categorise you or diagnose you with a tick box list.  Instead I will see you as uniquely you, needing a correspondingly unique set of solutions, which suit your personality, circumstances and environment.

All you need is my active company, support and expertise, and my willingness to really listen and understand, and to share my knowledge and experience with you, honestly and openly.  And that you will have! 

My fee is £65 for a 50 minute session for individuals, and £75 for couples. 

Daytime and evening appointments Monday to Thursday, 4 days a week, between 12.00pm and 21.00pm. 

We offer private parking on the premises, and are close to bus routes between Loughborough and Ashby. We are very close to Junction 23 of the M1.

We are experienced in assisting employees who are trying to manage stress in the workplace, and can offer specific help with stress management, time management, dealing with difficult people, and communication and interpersonal skills.

We also have a wealth of experience and expertise in the area of mental health, including supporting family members who find themselves in a carer's role.