Janis Dreosti , BACP

Janis Dreosti is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports those facing relationship and family difficulties, grief, intimacy-related concerns, and life changes such as parenting or career strain. Janis works with people experiencing sleep or eating problems, anger, ADHD and compassion fatigue. She communicates plainly and aims to make sessions feel easy to be in.

Her style is interactive and relaxed. Sessions focus on what the client wants to achieve and practical steps to get there. Janis tailors each meeting by combining different therapeutic tools to suit the person in front of her.

Janis uses psycho-education to explain why difficult feelings or symptoms arise. That explanation is paired with techniques to manage anxiety, intrusive thoughts, low mood and overwhelming emotions. She avoids pressing for detailed accounts of past traumatic events, choosing instead to work on the effects those events have left behind.

She has spent more than five years supporting people through domestic violence, sexual abuse, PTSD and depression at a local charity. That experience informs how she responds to trauma and complex emotional distress.

The first session is an opportunity to describe current struggles and the impact on day-to-day life. From there she and the client agree goals and a pace that feels manageable. Janis keeps the work practical, breaking problems into steps and checking in as progress is made.

Approaches you can use online

Client-Centred Therapy places the client at the heart of the work and focuses on listening, empathy and the person's own goals. It suits people who want a safe space to make sense of feelings and to decide the next steps for themselves.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together. It involves practical exercises and small experiments that help reduce anxiety, low mood and unhelpful behaviour patterns.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches ways to notice thoughts and bodily sensations without getting swept away by them. It can help with stress, rumination and trouble sleeping by training attention and gentle acceptance.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they choose or blend methods and review how the plan is working as therapy progresses.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls enable face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited; live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins, journalling between sessions or when typing feels easier. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, childcare and travel commitments.