Counselling for young people and adults in Maidstone
About JaninaI am a relaxed and non-judgemental, fully qualified Humanistic counsellor, trained and experienced in working with young people and adults.
I believe that nobody knows better than you, what it is like to be you and so I regard each person as the expert in the room. Together we will work collaboratively; combining my training, experience and genuine interest, with your experience of being you, to support you to reach your desired goals. I will not advise you what to do but rather support you to make your own choices in your best interests. |
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How can counselling help me?
Counselling is a universal service that everyone can benefit from if they are interested in understanding themselves and willing to engage in the process.
Counselling is the regular opportunity to explore and make sense of our lives, with a trusted individual, trained to support you. You may consider counselling if you are feeling desperation and despair, a sense of extreme or mild dissatisfaction in your life or if you have an interest in expanding your understanding of yourself. Whatever your reason for accessing counselling; improving your understanding and processing your experience can boost wellbeing and your enjoyment of life.
Counselling is the regular opportunity to explore and make sense of our lives, with a trusted individual, trained to support you. You may consider counselling if you are feeling desperation and despair, a sense of extreme or mild dissatisfaction in your life or if you have an interest in expanding your understanding of yourself. Whatever your reason for accessing counselling; improving your understanding and processing your experience can boost wellbeing and your enjoyment of life.
Personal Philosophy and Counselling Approach
I am a Humanistic Counsellor, with the Person-Centred approach forming the bedrock of my practice, drawing upon the theories and techniques of Gestalt, Transactional Analysis and CBT where appropriate. In line with the Person-Centred account, I believe that each individual has worth and is essentially good. With this I believe that all behaviour, no matter how destructive to self or others, is, at its core, an attempt to survive and grow as best we can in whatever conditions we find ourselves in.
As we move through life, we may experience pressures and expectations from society and people we know. Many of us don't like to be judged and seek other's approval and so we might change our behaviour to meet these expectations. As we strive to change we can often then steer away from who we truly are. We might pretend to be someone we are not and effectively over time we can begin to lose touch with our true self. The aim of my approach is to raise your awareness of who you really are and support you to feel and be yourself again.
“Change occurs when one becomes what he is, not when he tries to become what he is not” (Beisser, 1970)
I believe that our childhood experiences are significant to how we approach our lives in later years and therefore it can be valuable to reflect on your memories in therapy. Time spent exploring your past can support you to move away from or update outdated survival strategies and beliefs that although once kept you safe, are now no longer helpful.
For clients for whom words do not come easy or to access information on the edge of our awareness, I might invite more creative methods such as use of stones, drawings, photographs, song lyrics, music, poems, images and symbols. Creative methods can offer powerful and innovative ways of exploring a situation, offering an abstract way to access inner states, meaning and feelings.
For clients for whom words do not come easy or to access information on the edge of our awareness, I might invite more creative methods such as use of stones, drawings, photographs, song lyrics, music, poems, images and symbols. Creative methods can offer powerful and innovative ways of exploring a situation, offering an abstract way to access inner states, meaning and feelings.
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