- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Janet
Janet Brown is a counsellor who welcomes people taking early steps towards better mental health. She uses a warm, respectful style and encourages clients to make their own choices. Janet works in English and offers sessions for people in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Janet places the client at the centre of the work. She listens carefully and helps people talk through relationship strain, parenting worries, stress and anxiety, grief, eating concerns, anger, self-esteem and other life changes.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with trauma, attachment concerns, addiction and bereavement-related issues. Her approach draws on client-centred conversation, cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-informed thinking. Sessions aim to identify unhelpful patterns, try different ways of responding, and build everyday skills for calmer thinking and clearer choices.
Mindfulness and narrative tools are used when they suit a person’s goals. Janet is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP. She has five years' recent clinical experience and a background that includes work with domestic violence and therapeutic counselling methods.
This informs a practical, compassionate way of working. People who prefer collaborative, down-to-earth therapy often find her style helpful. She focuses on small steps that fit into busy lives and on practical ways to manage sleep, stress, parenting strain and ongoing emotional difficulties.
What Janet works with
Everything Janet lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Janet helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Janet lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Janet’s approaches work online
Janet draws on client-centred conversation and cognitive behavioural techniques to anchor online work. Client-centred work means the person leads the conversation while the counsellor listens closely and reflects what matters most. This helps with relationship worries, parenting concerns and self-esteem by building clearer thinking and choice.Cognitive behavioural techniques focus on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and testing new actions. That approach is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, stress and low mood because it turns worries into manageable steps and practical experiments.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. Janet will work collaboratively to identify which approaches fit a person’s goals and preferences. She discusses options, tries what feels useful, and adjusts the plan as people notice what helps most.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more nuance matters. Phone sessions or live chat can be better when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions and can be used for brief coaching or to record progress.
Questions people ask about Janet
What kinds of concerns does Janet address?
Janet works with a wide range of issues including relationship and parenting worries, stress and anxiety, grief, sleep problems, eating-related concerns, anger and self-esteem difficulties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and non-judgemental, putting the client at the centre. She combines listening with practical techniques so people can try new ways of coping.
What is her professional background?
She has five years' recent clinical experience and a history of working in therapy services, including work related to domestic violence and therapeutic counselling.
What credentials and location are relevant?
Janet is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Janet accepts clients from outside the United Kingdom.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to client preference.
How are fees and payment arranged?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions run through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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