Jaya Chingen

I currently have availability on Mondays, Fridays and the weekends. I offer evening and weekend sessions and endeavour to be as flexible as possible. 

I trained as an integrative therapist, meaning that I have a broad understanding of most theoretical underpinnings of counselling. Personally, I use a person centred approach - aiming to meet the individual wherever they are with empathy and respect. I use elements of psychodynamic and transactional analytical theory to inform my work and also enjoy using creative methods in the therapy room if this is useful for clients. 

My allegiance to the BACP ethical framework informs my practice and ensures that I am treating my clients with respect and equality.  

All prospective clients will be provided with a copy of my counselling services so that my practices and procedures can be understood and we can make collaborative amendments to ensure that you are happy with the terms before we proceed. 

I offer a 20 minute phone call free of charge to new clients to establish what the presenting issues are and to give them an opportunity to decide if I am a good fit for their therapeutic journey. 

During the first session I will ask some questions to gather a picture of an individuals history and factors that are pertinent to our work together. All of these questions are optional and form an informal assessment to understand the basis of our future work. 

Ideally at this point, we would also collaboratively decide on some goals for our work together and we would agree on a suitable basis for our work together such as time frame, date and time of future sessions and cancellation policy.