Jill Phillips

Please email me on the 'contact me' link on this page to arrange a 20-minute introductory conversation (no charge). You can briefly say what is bringing you to counselling and ask any questions you have.  I look forward to hearing from you.

My Availability

Wednesdays 11am – 6pm

Thursdays 1pm – 7pm

Fridays 9am – 6pm

Hi, I'm Jill, an experienced counsellor who is easy to talk to.  I am passionate about helping clients find their unique ways to move forwards from their problems and improve their sense of wellbeing.  

I will offer you a safe and respectful space.  As an integrative counsellor, I tailor the therapies I use to your individual situation.  So we can explore your thoughts, feelings, behaviours, relationships and your context to understand them better. I will encourage you to understand how to use your own strengths and ways of coping.  You can then re-evaluate what is troubling you and consider your own options for moving forwards.

My Qualifications

• Accredited with the British Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapists (BACP)
  
• Master’s Degree (MSc) in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy from Derby University
  
• Awarded Systemic Practitioner status with the Association of Family Therapists (AFT) for working with couples and families.
  
• Qualified EMDR Practitioner
  
• Certified to work online

I continue to enhance my skills with professional training each year.

Experience

• In my private practice, supporting clients with a wide range of problems, such as anxiety, stress, depression, self-esteem, trauma and relationship issues
  
  
• Head of Service and Counsellor in health-care setting,

1. Supporting those adjusting to the changes/ losses of long term life limiting conditions
2. Supporting those with cancer diagnosis and their families

• Head of Service and Counsellor in a Bereavement Service
  
  
• As a counsellor for those who have experienced ongoing trauma and abuse within their close relationships
  
  
• With young adults (18-25 years) - working with anxieties, stress, depression, grief and loss and relationship issues.

Our first session is a time when, together we explore and clarify the problem that is bringing you to counselling and any thoughts and feelings you have about it.  Your health and wellbeing are priority and I will ask you about any concerns you have.  

Are you interested?  

Please email me via the 'contact me' link and I will get back to you within 48 hours.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Hello, my name is Jill. I am an experienced integrative supervisor.

Availability

I work on-line on:

Wednesdays 10am – 7pm

Thursdays 1pm – 5pm

Fridays 8am – 5pm

Please contact me on my email (jillpcounselling@gmail.com).  I look forward to hearing from you.

About me and my supervision practice

I am an integrative counsellor who works with adults. I draw on person-centred principals, attachment focused therapy, systemic therapies and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) – all of which I can bring into the supervision space.

I qualified as a supervisor in 2016. I draw on Page & Wosket’s cyclical model and also on Hawkins & Shohet’s Seven-Eyed Process Model.  I work within the BACP’s Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions.  I have experience supervising individuals and also in small supervision groups.  

I have always valued and appreciated supervision myself. It is important to me that I work in a collaborative way, so that we create together a working alliance.  I have a supervision agreement that sets out how we would work together.

My understanding of supervision is that it provides:

- a dedicated space and opportunity to examine practice, identify reactions, debrief and work towards a way forward

- it is a way of developing professionally and improving and deepening our skills

- it provides support when difficulties and dilemmas arise

- it helps to support self-care and resilience, because our counselling practice does impact us all

Please contact me to discuss your supervision needs.