Janet Brown, BACP

Janet Brown is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people facing relationship strain, anxiety, grief and other life challenges. She brings five years of professional experience and a BACP membership to her work. Janet aims to create a respectful, non-judgemental space where people can talk about what matters to them and make clearer choices.

Janet uses a collaborative style that treats each person as the expert on their own life. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques and person-centred ideas to help people notice unhelpful thinking and make practical changes. Sessions are warm and compassionate, with an emphasis on listening first and guiding second.

Her background includes a diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and training in mindfulness and domestic violence support. Those skills inform how she helps with issues such as attachment difficulties, abandonment worries, eating and body image concerns, and coping with major life changes.

In practice Janet talks through current problems and helps people develop steps they can try between sessions. She uses narrative approaches alongside mindfulness exercises when these fit a person's goals. The aim is to reduce distress and build clearer ways of responding to stress, anger, sleep problems or relationship uncertainty.

Janet works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, stress, parenting pressures, LGBT issues, addiction-related difficulties, and career-related worries. She accepts clients from outside the UK and conducts work in English. To start, clients use the continue button on this profile and complete a short questionnaire to be matched and schedule sessions.

How Janet’s approaches translate to online counselling

Janet blends cognitive behavioural ideas and person-centred practice to help people handle worries and make changes. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and teaches practical steps people can try between sessions to reduce anxiety, improve sleep or change unhelpful reactions. Person-centred work focuses on listening and reflecting so people can make their own choices and feel understood, which helps with relationship and self-esteem concerns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Janet works with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. She aims to explain options clearly and adjust her style as the work progresses so the plan fits what the person needs in everyday life.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats available before booking. Many people find online work helpful because it makes fitting sessions around family, work and travel easier, and it can allow shorter check-ins when time is tight. Discuss practicalities like session length, how often to meet and any simple exercises to use between meetings when you start the process.