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I work with individuals, couples, families and friendship groups

I am currently working remotely, via Zoom, 'phone, Zoom Chat or secure email, so please do get in touch to discuss how I might best be able to support you in a way that works for you.   

Hello and welcome. I am an accredited Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ registered counsellor and psychotherapist (therapist) with over 20 years’ experience in the profession.

I work with a wide range of issues and with a broad range of clients, but much of my work has been with young people, families (of all configurations) in crisis ; those affected by complex and traumatic bereavement and those suffering with Eating Disorders.

So why therapy? At certain times, life can feel as though it's spiralling out of control and you’re in crisis. This might be due to historical and unprocessed life events; a growing sense of hopelessness that you cannot really put your finger on; or you may have arrived at a crossroads in your life and are uncertain of the way forward.

Therapy can offer a safe, private and non-judgemental space to explore such difficulties, and more, on your own terms. A therapist can support you by offering an objective perspective, identifying patterns of thinking and behaviour, asking questions that could support deeper exploration and help work towards identifying and understanding how certain stressors are impacting. Even more, a therapist can help you with developing strategies to manage the symptoms being experienced.

Whilst my training was largely humanistic (focusing on the individual as a whole) my therapeutic style is highly adaptable, so I always take into account your individual communication preferences and the unique lived experience that you would personally like to address in therapy.

Importantly, as per professional requirements, I have regular clinical supervision to ensure high quality, ethical practice.  I am also committed to CPD (Continuing Professional Development) which means updating my knowledge and skills by attending workshops, training courses and conferences, thereby ensuring the most recommended and effective therapeutic practice is offered to all my clients.

For the foreseeable future, all counselling and psychotherapy is being delivered remotely.  Please get in touch if you have questions about any aspect of this. 

I offer an initial non-obligatory 60 minute exploratory session which gives us the opportunity to talk through the process, discuss what you might need from therapy and see if I would be the right therapist for you: countless research has shown that effectiveness of therapy can depend on the quality of the therapeutic relationship.

There would be the opportunity to ask any questions or raise concerns that you may have. If we decide for any reason not to work together, I may be able to signpost you to another therapist or therapy service to meet your needs more appropriately.

Subsequent weekly sessions are also 60 minutes.

I work with individuals, couples, families and friendship groups

I am currently working remotely, via Zoom, 'phone, Zoom Chat or secure email, so please do get in touch to discuss how I might best be able to support you in a way that works for you. 

Hello and welcome. I am an accredited Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ registered counsellor and psychotherapist (therapist) with over 20 years’ experience in the profession.

I work with a wide range of issues and with a broad range of clients, but much of my work has been with young people, families (of all configurations) in crisis ; those affected by complex and traumatic bereavement and those suffering with Eating Disorders.

So why therapy? At certain times, life can feel as though it's spiralling out of control and you’re in crisis. This might be due to historical and unprocessed life events; a growing sense of hopelessness that you cannot really put your finger on; or you may have arrived at a crossroads in your life and are uncertain of the way forward.

Therapy can offer a safe, private and non-judgemental space to explore such difficulties, and more, on your own terms. A therapist can support you by offering an objective perspective, identifying patterns of thinking and behaviour, asking questions that could support deeper exploration and help work towards identifying and understanding how certain stressors are impacting. Even more, a therapist can help you with developing strategies to manage the symptoms being experienced.

Whilst my training was largely humanistic (focusing on the individual as a whole) my therapeutic style is highly adaptable, so I always take into account your individual communication preferences and the unique lived experience that you would like to address in therapy.

Importantly, as per professional requirements, I have regular clinical supervision to ensure high quality and ethical practice. I am also committed to CPD (Continuing Professional Development) which means updating my knowledge and skills by attending workshops, training courses and conferences, thereby ensuring the most recommended and effective therapeutic practice is offered to all my clients.

For the foreseeable future, all counselling and psychotherapy is being delivered remotely. Please get in touch about any aspect of this. 

I offer an initial non-obligatory 60 minute exploratory session which gives us the opportunity to talk through the process, discuss what you might need from therapy and see if I would be the right therapist for you: countless research has shown that effectiveness of therapy can depend on the quality of the therapeutic relationship. 

There would be the opportunity to ask any questions or raise concerns that you may have. If we decide for any reason not to work together, I may be able to signpost you to another therapist or therapy service to meet your needs more appropriately.

Subsequent weekly sessions are also 60 minutes.

Hello and welcome. I am an accredited Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ registered counsellor and psychotherapist (therapist) with over 20 years’ experience in the profession.

In addition to my clinical work and management roles in counselling services, I deliver bespoke face-to-face and online training workshops to charities, organisations, conferences, schools and universities 

Main areas of training delivered (up to October 2024)

-Brief therapy

-Bereavement and young people

-Somebody's died – what do we do now? (Bereavement in schools)

-Therapeutic endings with bereaved clients

-Bereavement and coronavirus

-Food, mood and young people

-Everything you have always wanted to ask about therapy but were too afraid to ask

-Basic trauma skills in the counselling room

-Self care for therapists and avoiding burn out

-Identifying early signs of eating disorders in (high school) students and how to best support, manage and escalate  

-Identifying early signs of eating disorders in young people 

-Support and Challenge in the therapy room 

-Gender and counselling 

- Trauma & Eating Disorders - a conversation about their association

- Identifying early signs of eating disorders in (University) students and knowing how to best support, manage and escalate  

- Identifying early signs of eating disorders in clients and knowing how to best support, manage and escalate  

-Working relationally with clients with a mental health diagnosis 

-Working with Grief and Complicated Grief 

-The Traumatised Griever

-Monitoring clients' well-being during therapy - identifying possible conditions that might prevent engagement

Written Publications:

-Pitt J. Somebody’s died – what do we do now? Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ Counselling Children & Young People March 2013

-Jetter J. The good, the bad and the aesthetically challenged. Providing Online Counselling & Psychotherapy. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering’s Technology and Society magazine December 2019

-Pitt J. Hearing, not listening to our adolescents in this already complex relationship. www.familylives.org.uk September 2020

-Pitt J. They are what they eat –The relationship between Food and Mood in Young People. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ Children, Young People and Families journal September 2020 

-Pitt, J. Sharing the Lurve -The importance of communicating love to our children. www.theeverydaymagazine.co.uk June 2021 

-Pitt J. Narcissists' Children. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ Children, Young People and Families journal September 2021

-Pitt J. A brief examination of the importance of female friendship in the 21st Century, its stresses and strains www.theeverydaymagazine.co.uk October 2021

-Pitt J. Are school and university mental health resources adequate? www.theeverydaymagazine.co.uk March 2022

-Pitt J. Forgotten Mourners. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ Children, Young People and Families journal September 2022   

-Pitt J.  Reasons to be Cheerful: reflections on counselling in an emotionally healthy secondary school.  Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ Children, Young People and Families journal September 2023 

-Pitt J. More doing, less being (advocating a more directive approach when working with clients with an eating disorder...) Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ Children, Young People and Families journal June 2024   

-Pitt J. Lady in Red and her Narcissistic Parents. Conscious Parenting Magazine (to be published later in 2024)

Fees and delivery methods are flexible according to logistics, number of attendees and training needs. Please contact me to discuss further. 

Hello and welcome. I am an accredited Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ registered counsellor and psychotherapist (therapist) with over 20 years' experience in the profession.

In addition to my clinical work and management roles in counselling services, I deliver bespoke face-to-face and online training workshops to charities, organisations, conferences. schools and universities.

Main areas of training delivered (up to October 2024)

-Brief therapy

-Bereavement and young people

-Somebody's died – what do we do now? (Bereavement in schools)

-Therapeutic endings with bereaved clients

-Bereavement and coronavirus

-Food, mood and young people

-Everything you have always wanted to ask about therapy but were too afraid to ask

-Basic trauma skills in the counselling room

-Self care for therapists and avoiding burn out

-Identifying early signs of eating disorders in (high school) students and how to best support, manage and escalate 

-Identifying early signs of eating disorders in young people

-Support and Challenge in the therapy room 

-Gender & Counselling

- Trauma & Eating Disorders - a conversation about their association 

- Identifying early signs of eating disorders in (University) students and knowing how to best support, manage and escalate

- Identifying early signs of eating disorders in clients and knowing how to best support, manage and escalate

-Working relationally with clients with a mental health diagnosis

-Working with Grief and Complicated Grief 

-The Traumatised Griever  

-Monitoring clients' well-being during therapy - identifying possible conditions that might prevent engagement.

Written Publications:

-Pitt J. Somebody’s died – what do we do now? Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ Counselling Children & Young People March 2013

-Jetter J. The good, the bad and the aesthetically challenged. Providing Online Counselling & Psychotherapy. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering’s Technology and Society magazine December 2019

-Pitt J. Hearing, not listening to our adolescents in this already complex relationship. www.familylives.org.uk September 2020

-Pitt J. They are what they eat –The relationship between Food and Mood in Young People. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ Children, Young People and Families journal September 2020

-Pitt  J Sharing the Lurve -The importance of communicating love to our children. www.theeverydaymagazine.co.uk June 2021

-Pitt J. Narcissists' Children. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ Children, Young People and Families journal September 2021

-Pitt J. A brief Examination of The Importance of Female Friendship in the 21st Century, its Stresses and Strains www.theeverydaymagazine.co.uk October 2021

-Pitt J. Are school and university mental health resources adequate?   www.theeverydaymagazine.co.uk March 2022

-Pitt J. Forgotten Mourners. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ Children, Young People and Families journal September 2022 

-Pitt J. Reasons to be Cheerful: reflections on counselling in an emotionally healthy secondary school Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ Children, Young People and Families journal September 2023   

-Pitt J. More doing, less being (advocating a more directive approach when working with clients with an eating disorder...)  Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¾«×¼×ÊÁÏ Children, Young People and Families journal June 2024

-Pitt J. Lady in Red and her Narcissistic Parents.  Conscious Parenting Magazine (to be published later in 2024)

Fees and delivery methods are flexible according to logistics, number of attendees and training needs. Please contact me to discuss further.

I offer supervision to both individuals and groups, usually via Zoom or other online platforms 

The supervisees I work with are at all stages of their counselling/psychotherapy careers. I am able to offer concessions to trainees. 

Please get in touch regarding availability and preferred way of working.

As a supervisor, my aim is to offer a non-judgemental, non-punitive, nurturing space in which the supervisee/s can feel challenged and stretched whilst being held and supported.

Ultimately, building a healthy collaboration that inspires congruence within supervision and client work is key for all invested parties.

I have an Essential Supervision Skills BPS Approved Certificate in Clinical Supervision (February 2022)

As per professional requirements, I have regular supervision to ensure high quality, ethical supervisory practice  

I offer an initial, free half hour meeting (via Zoom or ‘phone) to help establish if we could work well together

Finding the right supervisor is crucial if the supervisee/s is/are going to develop and grow in their profession.

I offer clinical supervision to both individuals and groups, usually via Zoom or another online platform.

The supervisees I work with are at all stages of their counselling/psychotherapy careers. I am able to offer concessions to trainees. 

Please get in touch regarding availability and preferred way of working.

As a supervisor, my aim is to offer a non-judgemental, non-punitive, nurturing space in which the supervisee/s can feel challenged and stretched whilst being held and supported.

Ultimately, building a healthy collaboration that inspires congruence within supervision and client work is key for all invested parties.

I have an Essential Supervision Skills BPS Approved Certificate in Clinical Supervision (February 2022)

As per professional requirements, I have regular supervision to ensure high quality, ethical supervisory practice  

I offer an initial free half hour meeting (via Zoom or 'phone) to help establish if we could work well together. 

Finding the right supervisor is crucial if the supervisee/s is/are going to develop, grow into their profession and thrive.