Jane Stevenson

Over the years I have been involved in counselling and therapy I have seen it work for different reasons. I worked in a drop-in centre where people could come and talk, even if it was only for 40 minutes and they didn’t return. Sometimes crisis listening can be very effective because you are speaking to someone impartial and you can get things off your chest in a way that you cannot with friends and family. I have also had clients for short term counselling, usually between 9 to 18 weekly sessions. The work here focuses on a specific issue such as bereavement or the ending of a relationship. The counselling can sometimes bring up deeper issues which are pertinent to how the client is feeling in their present situation but which they were much less conscious of. They are often unable to make links between the past and what is happening in their present. Quite often clients know when they have gone as far as they are currently able to go in therapy and chose to leave but feel as if the counselling has helped them to unburden themselves but also to take stock and decide what is important for them in the present.

Other clients remain in therapy for several years. Over the months clients become more conscious of what they are feeling, thinking, saying and doing. And as the years progress they go even deeper into this knowledge. This happens because in the therapeutic environment you have the space and time to simply be. The therapeutic relationship between the client and me is hugely important here and it is my job to create an atmosphere in which you do not feel judged. At the same time I will not collude with you in any distorted views or beliefs you may have. I will be helping you to look at those views and beliefs from every angle. When you are free to say or think what you need to say or think it can be very liberating and inspiring for you. I will help guide you to self discover the real you and your potential. 

I see clients at the Deborah Ubee Trust in Greenwich.  It is a small, modern and  comfortable  counselling centre situated very close to Greenwich over ground and DLR stations. There is a waiting room with sofas and facilities.  I also see clients online should this be more convenient for them.

I work Monday to Wednesday 5pm to 9pm.

Thursday afternoons 1pm to 5pm.

I trained at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education in West London. I qualified in 2007.  I am a member of the BACP and the UKCP.  I have worked in private practice since 2004 as well as with Family Friends, The Woman’s Trust and Lewisham Bereavement Counselling Service. My training was integrative which means I can work with many of the models mentioned on my welcome page. I do not have to stick rigidly to one way of working but can look at the past if it is relevant, work creatively with drawings or dreams, explore your potential or as mentioned before just listen at times if this is what you need.

You can also look at my webpage

www.janestevensoncounselling.com

or contact me on 

janecarolinestevenson@hotmail.com

During the first session I will take a written  assessment of what is bringing you to therapy and you can fill me in on how you are feeling and what you hope to get from therapy.  Initial sessions are charged at the same rate of £60 per 50 minute session.  You are under no obligation to book a further appointment.