Janet Brown , BACP

Janet Brown is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on helping people manage relationship strain, anxiety, grief and other life stresses. She holds BACP registration which indicates she works to national counselling standards. Janet aims to make the first step feel manageable and straightforward for anyone who is nervous about beginning therapy.

Janet uses a collaborative, non-judgemental approach. She treats people with respect and listens first. Rather than telling clients what to do, she helps them find their own solutions using practical techniques and guided conversation.

Her work draws on cognitive behavioural methods to look at thinking patterns and on client-centred principles that place the person's experience at the centre. She also uses elements of attachment-based thinking and narrative ideas to help people make sense of relationship patterns and past events.

Janet has five years of direct counselling experience and works with a broad range of concerns. These include stress, sleep problems, eating issues, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, anger, parenting pressures and identity matters such as LGBT topics. She also supports people dealing with grief, career questions and significant life changes.

Sessions are practical and paced to each person. Janet offers techniques such as mindfulness exercises, thought restructuring and narrative reflection so clients can try new ways of coping between meetings. She aims to help people make clearer choices and reduce repetition of unhelpful patterns.

How Janet uses talking therapies online

Janet draws on cognitive behavioural therapy and client-centred approaches in online work. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical skills to test and change unhelpful thinking. It can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep issues and stress by giving concrete steps to try between sessions. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, empathy and supporting the person to find their own answers rather than giving direct advice.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Janet will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then shape sessions around that. She reviews the plan over time so the approach can change as needs do.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions suit quieter audio-only check-ins and lower bandwidth, live chat and messaging work well for short updates or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping the focus on practical progress.