About Janet
Janet Kwegan is a counsellor with ten years' experience working across the NHS and a range of community settings. She has supported people in hospices, bereavement services, a perinatal mental health charity, a cancer support centre, a women’s centre and a men’s counselling service. She draws on her BACP credential as part of the framework she uses in practice.
Janet offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people to start talking about what feels wrong and begin to make changes.
Background and approach
Janet uses an existential approach that focuses on how each person experiences life. She helps people look at relationships, identity, values and the choices that shape daily life. Her work blends Attachment-Based ideas, Client-Centred listening and Cognitive Behavioural tools to match what a person needs in the moment.
She commonly helps with relationship and family issues, grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, addictions and LGBT concerns. She also works with intimacy challenges, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, anger and self-esteem issues. Additional focuses include ageing and caregiver stress, chronic health concerns, codependency and communication difficulties.
Janet’s background includes a wide range of front-line roles, so she is used to practical problems alongside emotional distress. She aims to help people negotiate life transitions, make choices and cope with change. The counselling room is framed as a place to test out new ways of thinking and to build onward steps.
Sessions are offered in English and Yoruba, and Janet is willing to meet people living outside the UK. To begin, use the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire before scheduling.
What Janet works with
Everything Janet lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Janet is listed here; the rest shows what else Janet works with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Janet lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Janet brings therapy online using practical approaches
Janet draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how past and current relationships affect feelings and behaviour. This approach helps when trust, closeness or recurrent relationship patterns are causing distress and people want to change how they relate to others.She also uses Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on attentive listening and helping people find their own answers. That method suits people who need a steady, respectful space to reflect and make decisions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, used alongside these approaches, offers clear steps to test thoughts and change unhelpful patterns when anxiety, low mood or specific behaviours are a problem.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Janet will discuss your goals and preferences and recommend which combination of approaches might help most. The decision is collaborative, with flexibility to shift methods as needs change.
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel and keep appointments alongside work or family commitments. Some people prefer shorter check-ins when time is limited, while others use longer sessions for deeper work. Registered and accredited professionals can offer this flexibility so therapy fits everyday life rather than getting in the way.
Questions people ask about Janet
What kinds of problems does Janet help with?
She works with relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety and stress. Other areas include addictions, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping concerns, parenting and LGBT-related matters.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Janet uses an existential stance alongside attachment and client-centred ideas. She listens first, then offers strategies such as cognitive behavioural tools when they suit the person.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years' experience working in the NHS and several community services including hospices, bereavement agencies and specialist charities.
What professional credentials and location are listed?
Janet is listed with BACP and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages can sessions be held in?
Sessions are offered in English and Yoruba.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients, so people living outside the UK can enquire about working together.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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