Janis Sims , BACP

Janis Sims is a counsellor who uses a client-led style to help people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and parenting concerns. She brings six years of UK practice experience and works in English and Spanish. Janis emphasises a collaborative approach and respects each person's knowledge of their own life.

Her work focuses on day-to-day struggles like low mood, self-esteem, motivation and confidence. She also supports people dealing with grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and challenges linked to ADHD. Janis helps people think through addictive behaviours and the pressures that come from caring or parenting roles.

Janis draws on Client-Centred Therapy to keep sessions grounded in the client's priorities. She also uses Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills to teach emotional regulation and coping tools. Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas guide work on attachment and relationship patterns.

She has additional experience with adoption and foster care matters, attachment difficulties, autism and Asperger syndrome, and blended family issues. Chronic illness, dissociation, and postpartum depression are other areas she can address.

Sessions are conversational and practical. Janis helps people set realistic goals, try small changes, and review what works. The aim is clearer thinking, steadier emotions, and better routines that fit each person's life.

Janis believes taking the first step takes courage. She supports people as they build on their strengths and move toward a more fulfilling life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and following the person's lead; online sessions use that same approach so the person sets priorities and pace. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, or DBT, offers practical skills for managing strong emotions and distress; in remote sessions these skills are taught, practised and reviewed with exercises and between-session work. Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on patterns in close relationships and helps people shift how they connect and respond to others, which can be explored through video or messaging formats.

Finding the best approach is a joint process. Janis works with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences and adjusts techniques over time. The emphasis is on collaboration so people feel involved in planning their work and can try different ways of coping to see what helps.

Online therapy offers flexibility and makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls are useful when visual cues matter, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats let people maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family and other commitments.