About Jayne Ritchie Counselling

Do you need support with self esteem or relationship issues? Are you feeling low generally?

I’m a BACP Senior Accredited counsellor and I practice in the Kingston, Richmond and Wimbledon areas. I have 20 years of experience and I am trained in Person Centred Counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Approach (based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT) Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), and am a qualified counselling supervisor, trainer and addictions therapist.

I work with individuals and with couples.

I have worked in a variety of settings including the NHS, drug and alcohol services, the voluntary sector and in private practice. I am a recognised counselling provider for several private Health Providers and Employee Assistance Programmes including Aviva, Bupa, Workplace Options, Oakdale Health and Validium.

I can offer support with:

Anxiety
Addictions
Anger Management
Bereavement and loss
Co-Dependency
Depression
Eating Disorders
General unhappiness
Loneliness and isolation
Self esteem issues
Relationship difficulties
Personality Disorders
Childhood abuse
Domestic violence
Sex, sexuality and intimacy
Stress
Work related difficulties
HOW DOES IT WORK?

How we work together will depend on the reasons you are attending counselling, your goals and what you feel comfortable with, which we can discuss when we begin. A focus in our work may be how we can help you make changes in your life, for example, finding ways to relax, to build self-esteem, relate with others differently or combat your depression and anxiety, so that you can move forward in your life in a more rewarding and fulfiling way.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?

Counselling is usually a weekly session of 50 minutes. It may be just a few sessions, or it can continue for a year or longer. How long we continue depends on whether you are still finding it helpful – we can check that out regularly.

Once we decide to work together I usually suggest we work for 6 weekly sessions and then review but ultimately it is entirely up to you to decide what feels right for you.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

Contact me to arrange a first appointment. At that appointment you can tell me what the problem is and then we can talk about how we might work on it. That way you also get an idea of what it’s like having counselling with .

After that Individual sessions cost £60 for fifty minutes.
Couples sessions £80 for fifty minutes

My training, work experience and any achievement

PERSONAL APPROACH
My core approach to counselling is ‘Person Centred’. This kind of counselling places great emphasis on providing a safe, empathic, non-judgemental space for clients to discuss whatever is troubling them. In addition I also offer a Cognitive Behavioural Approach using practical techniques drawn from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. CBT helps you identify and change unhelpful thoughts, patterns and behaviours.

I am a Senior Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and adhere to their Ethical Framework. I hold professional liability insurance for my work.

My fee is £60 per 50 minute session for individuals Some concessions are available – do ask.

SKYPE sessions are also available – contact me for details

Please feel free to phone or email me with any questions you may have.

I have worked in a variety of settings including the NHS, the voluntary sector, Kingston Bereavement Service, Kingston Women’s Centre, Sutton Drug and Alcohol Team and in private practice. This means I have many years of experience working with a wide range of issues.

I am a qualified counselling supervisor, and addictions therapist.

I also teach Motivational Interviewing and Mind Mapping to NHS staff.

I am a Metanoia approved Person Centred Supervisor and a City Lit approved supervisor.

I am a recognised counselling provider for several health insurance companies.

In addition to the above I have certificates in

Theory and Practice of Counselling Supervision (Metanoia)
Choosing to Change (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (Solution Focused Brief Therapy Centre)
Working with Personality Disorders
Motivational Interviewing
Loss and Bereavement
Node Link Mapping
Risk Assessment
Working with Vulnerable Adults
Clinical Governance
Conducting Comprehensive Assessments
Recovery in Clinical Practice



Please feel free to phone or email me with any questions you may have.

Further Information

Research suggests that the element that influences the success of counselling irrespective of the philosophical approach is the quality of relationship the counsellor is able to develop with clients. It might be worth considering what is important to you in a counsellor. No counsellor is right for everyone.

Person-Centred Counselling

Devised by Carl Rogers and also called “Client-Centred” or “Rogerian” counselling, this is based on the assumption that a client seeking help in the resolution of a problem they are experiencing, can enter into a relationship with a counsellor who is sufficiently accepting and permissive to allow the client to freely express any emotions and feelings. This will enable the client to come to terms with negative feelings, which may have caused emotional problems, and develop inner resources.

The goals of person-centered counselling are increased self-esteem; trust in one’s inner feelings and experiences as valuable sources of information for making decisions; increased ability to learn from (rather than repeating) mistakes; decreased defensiveness, guilt, and insecurity; more positive and comfortable relationships with others; an increased capacity to experience and express feelings at the moment they occur; and openness to new experiences and new ways of thinking about life.

Cognitive Behavioural Approach

This is a type of therapy that aims to help you manage your problems by changing how you think and act. The Cognitive Behavioural Approach can help you to change how you think (‘cognitive’) and what you do (‘behaviour’), which can help you feel better about life.