Janine Hodge , BACP

Janine Hodge is a BACP counsellor with seven years of clinical experience based in the United Kingdom. She combines psychotherapy and coaching to help people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unable to show up as their true selves. Janine founded Courage2Be and draws on both therapeutic and coaching skills in her work.

Janine’s sessions focus on practical understanding. She listens for the patterns that keep people repeating the same thoughts and behaviours. Then she helps clients pause the noise and look at what is driving those patterns so they can make clearer choices.

Her background includes work as a counselling lecturer and clinical supervisor, which informs a reflective and evidence-aware practice. Janine also helps clients who identify with a range of concerns including stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship strain, parenting pressures, grief, trauma and ADHD-related challenges.

In sessions she uses a blend of approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioural tools and solution-focused methods. That mix lets her tailor sessions to the person in front of her, rather than following a fixed formula.

Janine aims to help people reconnect with who they want to be and reduce the gap between that and their everyday lives. Work often covers recognising how early experiences shaped current reactions, learning new ways to respond, and building more helpful routines and self-beliefs.

Practical steps with Janine include exploring current issues, identifying underlying patterns, and trying new strategies between sessions. The goal is a clearer sense of purpose, improved emotional coping, and stronger self-awareness.

How Janine’s approach works online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It focuses on values and small actions you can take to live more in line with what matters. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build steadier ways of relating and feeling safe in connection.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Janine will discuss different methods and together you will choose what feels most useful. That choice is collaborative and may change as goals evolve during therapy.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which gives practical flexibility. Video calls let you work face to face when needed. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit more easily into a busy day. Messaging and live chat are useful for shorter check-ins, reflecting in writing, or when clients prefer not to be on camera. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into family life, work breaks or other routines, while keeping the focus on progress and practical change.