Many people suffer from psychological distress.  Distress of this nature is very often rooted in a difficult or traumatic childhood, more recent traumatic experiences, or the pressures of everyday life.

Psychotherapy can be a very helpful way of understanding the roots of our experience and how those roots affect our present life.  People come into therapy for example, with anxiety or depression, fear of moving forward, bereavement, relationship difficulties, a sense of meaningless, a loss of vitality, problems in motivation.  The deeper meaning of what is happening to us can easily get sidelined due to the stresses and anxieties in our lives.

My work involves listening.  I provide a confidential space for you to express what you need to say in a non-judgmental environment.  We will probably naturally work with your family history to understand how early conflicts may still be playing a part in your life.  I also find it useful to work with dreams and creative imagination so that we can understand together more fully feelings and wishes, which might not be altogether conscious.

I have been working with people with emotional difficulties for over 20 years.  I have trained staff and social work students within this field and have worked in and managed therapeutic Centres.  I completed my training with The Association of Group and Individual Psychotherapy (AGIP) London in 2002, and am a member of the UKCP and have the European Certificate of Psychotherapy (ECP).

I work on short, medium and long term bases.

As well as working face to face, I also use Skype, webcam and the telephone for consultations.

Languages: French and English

A sliding scale is available in case of financial difficulty

Please contact me if you would like more information, or to arrange an initial appointment.

Tel:  +33 (0)470 66 25 56          Mobile: 0602 37 74 29

E-mail: jo (at) counsellinginfrance.com (please replace the (at) with an @ - this is a spam prevention measure)

Address: 46 rue Burge, 03160 Bourbon L’Archambault