Jane Stevenson

I am available:

• Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday - 5pm to 9pm
• Thursday - 1pm to 5pm.

Please feel free to contact me either by phone or email

I’m Jane and I’m an integrative psychotherapist. I will create a supportive, non-judgemental space for you where you’re free to say or think what you need to say or think – a space to be heard. Therapy doesn’t need to be a mystery; you're the one who is the expert on yourself and I can help you find the key to unlocking what, at times, can feel hidden or out of reach. This can be very liberating and inspiring for you and I'll help guide you to self-discover the real you and your potential.

Sometimes we don’t quite know why we want to see a therapist. We know something isn't quite right but we’re not sure why. If you decide to come along, through talking, themes will begin to emerge and I will be able to direct you, challenge you if necessary or just listen if need be. This will all be done at the pace you need; often therapeutic change cannot be rushed.

Other times clients come into therapy for a specific reason, often after some kind of ending: bereavement, splitting up with a partner or redundancy. I can focus on this specific issue and help you explore the significance for you.

The therapeutic relationship between a client and me is hugely important and it's my job to create an atmosphere in which you are heard and do not feel judged. At the same time I will not collude with you in any distorted views or beliefs you may have. I'll be helping you to look at those views and beliefs from every angle.

For me, at its heart, therapy is about relating, finding balance and working with frustration. Over the years I’ve been involved in counselling and therapy, I have seen it work for many different people and for many different issues.

Training & Experience

I trained at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education in West London qualifying with a DipPsych in Psychotherapy in 2007. I have worked in private practice since 2004 as well as with Family Friends and The Woman’s Trust and Lewisham Bereavement Counselling Service. I am a member of the BACP and the UKCP.

I see clients at the Deborah Ubee Trust in Greenwich. It is a small, modern and comfortable counselling centre situated very close to Greenwich overground and DLR stations. There's a waiting room with sofas and facilities.

I also see clients online should this be more convenient for them.

My training was integrative which means I can work with many of the therapeutic models (mentioned below). I do not have to stick rigidly to one way of working but can look at the past if it's relevant, work creatively with drawings or dreams, explore your potential or just listen at times if this is what you need.

No matter how long the therapeutic relationship is, it’s a privilege for people to give me their story.

Crisis Listening

I have worked in a drop-in centre where people could come and talk, even if it was only for a single 40-minute session. Sometimes crisis listening can be very effective because you're speaking to someone impartial so can get things off your chest in a way that you can't with friends and family.

Short-term Therapy

Some clients come for short-term counselling, usually between 9 to 18 weekly sessions. The work here focuses on a specific issue. 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're 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 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.

Long-term therapy

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 time goes by, they go even deeper into this knowledge. This happens because in the therapeutic environment you have the space and time to simply be. 

When you contact me, we will arrange an initial consultation. During this session we'll have a conversation in which we'll talk a little about who you are (your background, family, lifestyle). I'll 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.

From this first meeting we will both be able to see if we are happy to work together - you are under no obligation to book a further appointment.

We will then draw up a basic contract identifying whether you want short-term therapy (6-8 sessions) or open-ended therapy. This can be flexible.

Sessions will then take place weekly - at the same time, in the same place and on the same day (though there can be flexibility for shift work).

Fees are £60 per 50-minute session.

If payment is being made by bank transfer, it should be done prior to the session. If it is being made by cash at a face-to-face session, it can be at the end.

Sessions last for 50 minutes. If for some reason you arrive late, the session will still finish on time to accommodate my next client.

We will need to discuss holidays, both yours and mine. I ask that you give me notice of yours at least a month in advance, and I shall do the same. 

For cancellations, I require a week’s notice. Any other cancellations or missed sessions are charged for.