Internal staff counsellor Janet Wilson explains her services...

What is Counselling?

Counselling is a talking activity which often addresses the problematic side of life, but equally often, using modern methods of working, concentrates on making the most out of life and its opportunities.

Its purpose is to help people to identify their own resources and to take power to themselves. As such it is not an advice giving service, but a way of helping people find their own solutions. The counsellor is a person trained in listening and in identifying themes which may be hidden. In this way issues can be clarified and solutions found.

Counselling can be one conversation or a series of conversations. The client is in control of the number of conversations.

In the work context, counselling can help people to identify ways in which they can work smarter and manage stress. In the realm of personal life, people often seek counselling to clarify issues and to move on.

What is Psychotherapy?

Psychotherapy is the process of uncovering unconscious processes and the effect they are having on the quality of life. Psychotherapy can take place when counsellor and client have built a good rapport and an atmosphere of trust in which to examine delicate and often painful emotions.

About Janet Wilson

Having begun my career with Kennedy Scott in 1996 as a tutor, I then went on to study psychology, counselling and psychotherapy. A fully qualified and experienced psychotherapist and counsellor, I offer a counselling service to Kennedy Scott employees. I also have a private practice in Crouch End and in Muswell Hill.

I am registered as a psychotherapist with the UK Council for Psychotherapy and I am a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. I work within the ethical boundaries of those organisations. I have monthly supervision as is the requirement for counsellors and psychotherapists.

Janet Wilson B.Sc. (Open) Psychology and Humanities - Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling - Advanced Diploma in Hypnosis and Psychotherapy – Certificate in Life Coaching. Contact details available to logged-in staff members here.