Counsellor profile
Janet Kwegan, BACP
Counsellor - relationships and trauma
See online counselling options- Existential approach
- CBT informed
- Attachment focus
About Janet
Counsellor Janet Kwegan is a BACP member with ten years' experience. She works across relationship and family concerns, trauma and loss, anxiety and depression, and a wide range of life challenges in the United Kingdom.
Janet has worked in NHS services, a women’s centre, a hospice, a bereavement agency, a perinatal mental health charity, a cancer support centre and a men’s counselling service. Those roles give her a broad base of day-to-day experience with different kinds of distress.
Her way of working is existential. She focuses on how a person experiences the world, rather than judging their feelings. Conversations look at relationships, identity, values, choices and what gives life meaning.
She draws on several practical approaches, including cognitive behavioural ideas, client-centred methods and attachment-focused work. This means sessions may include looking at thoughts and habits, listening closely to what matters to the person, and noticing patterns in relationships.
Janet also supports people through life transitions, non-traditional relationships, parenting strain, grief, addiction and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She mentions additional interest in areas such as chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image and ADHD.
Sessions are offered in English and Yoruba. Janet works with people who want either short term help for a specific problem or longer work to understand themselves better. To begin, readers should use the online matching and booking route on the site.
Therapeutic approaches and online counselling
Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current connections. It helps when relationship patterns, trust or attachment issues are causing distress.Client-centred work focuses on the person’s experience in the moment. The therapist listens carefully and follows what matters to the client, which can help with self-understanding and decision making.
Cognitive behavioural ideas involve looking at unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and trying small changes to reduce distress. These techniques are often used for anxiety, low mood and stress-related problems.
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Janet will talk with a person about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods might suit them. That can change as the work progresses and is agreed together.
The biography does not list specific session formats here, so confirm which formats are available before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, cut travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow people to see a therapist who works across different settings in the UK without having to travel.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Yoruba
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she address most often?
Janet helps people with relationships, family matters, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, stress and anxiety. She also lists issues such as addictions, intimacy, parenting, self esteem and ADHD.
What style of therapy does she use?
Her core stance is existential, looking at how you experience life and relationships. She also uses client-centred ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-focused work as needed.
How long has she been practising?
She has ten years' experience working in settings such as the NHS, a hospice, bereavement and perinatal services and a men’s counselling service.
Which professional body is she part of?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
International clients are accepted. Sessions are offered in English and Yoruba.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options on the booking page before arranging a session.
How are fees set?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first appointment?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule your first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.