Janet Kwegan

• Attachment-based therapy
• CBT and DBT methods
• Grief and trauma support

About Janet

Janet Kwegan works with relationship and personal difficulties using an existential approach and a mix of therapeutic methods she draws on for each person. She is a BACP member and has ten years' experience working in a range of services. Janet offers a calm, structured way to talk through problems and consider choices about relationships, identity and values.

Janet has worked in the NHS, a women’s centre, a hospice, a bereavement agency, a perinatal mental health charity, a cancer support centre and a men’s counselling service. That background has given her experience with bereavement, illness, parenting pressures and gendered experiences of distress.

Her practice combines attachment-based ideas with client-centred listening and cognitive methods such as CBT. She also uses approaches drawn from dialectical behaviour and emotionally-focused work when these suit a person's concerns. Janet describes her core stance as existential - she looks at how each person uniquely experiences the world rather than judging emotional difficulty.

In sessions she helps people make sense of relationship difficulties, trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, stress and issues around intimacy and sexuality. She also supports people with addiction, eating or sleeping problems, compassion fatigue, ADHD and work-related concerns such as career strain.

Janet also works with life transitions, making decisions, negotiating change and non-traditional relationships.

How her therapeutic approaches work for online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and behaviour; it helps with trust, closeness and patterns that affect relationships. Client-Centred Therapy prioritises the person’s own perspective and uses listening and reflection to help someone understand themselves and their choices. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical ways to change unhelpful patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work and will be decided together. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then adapt methods over time as needed.

The original biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm the available session types before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work or caring responsibilities, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also allow people to use audio-only options if camera use is difficult, and can help keep appointments consistent when life is busy.

Topics Janet lists

• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Depression
• Stress and 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 and 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 and non-monogamous relationships
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• 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

Ways of working

• 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

Questions about Janet

Does she work with anxiety and depression?

Yes. She helps people with anxiety, depression, stress and related concerns using a mix of therapeutic methods.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She follows an existential stance and draws on attachment-based, client-centred and cognitive behavioural approaches.

How much experience does she have?

She has ten years' experience working across NHS services, hospices, bereavement agencies and specialist charities.

Where is she based and what is her credential?

She practises in the United Kingdom and is a member of the BACP.

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English and Yoruba.

What session formats does she offer?

The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started with her counselling?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.