I have worked supporting people for over 25 years, and it has really made me appreciate how amazing people are in the way that they are able to adapt and deal with adversity.
Before I became a qualified counsellor, I was a social worker. I initially worked with people aged over 65 and their carers, and then with 16-21 year olds who were in or leaving care. As a social worker I realised the effect that childhood experiences can have on all of us, and the impact of all loss, be that through bereavement, loss of health, losing family or loved ones, loss of your identity or role in life. I also became acutely aware of how important it is to have someone to be alongside you in difficult times.
I realised that the part of being a social worker that I really valued was the direct work with an individual and building that trusting relationship to enable someone to make the changes that they want in their lives. This is what motivated me to complete my counselling training, and work as a counsellor.
I now have a private counselling practice, working with adults and older teenagers, at my therapy room in Canterbury. I also counsel for 1 day a week in a school working with neurodivergent students, and I volunteer for one morning a week at a community counselling service working with adults.
I am qualified as an integrative therapist, which means that I have been trained in a range of counselling theories and I make use of these to meet the needs of my clients.
I also have a qualification in Imagery Rescripting, Imagery Rescripting is an evidence based intervention for working with adults who have experienced childhood trauma.
If you would be interested in working with me, then please contact me. My contact details are –
Email – jodaviescounsellor@gmail.com
Telephone – 07307 882078
Relevant Qualifications –
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Imagery Rescripting Practice for Childhood Trauma
- Transactional Analysis 101
- MA and Diploma in Social Work
Training Courses Attended –
- Working with Anxiety
- Working with Depression
- Working with Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
- Dissociation
- Working with Issues around Attachment
- Working with Borderline Personality Disorder/EUPD
- Introduction to Schema Therapy
- Working with Eating Issues
- Neurodiversity
- Working with Fragile Self-Process
- Advanced Counselling Skills
- Safeguarding
- Imagery Rescripting
- Bereavement Counselling
- Healing Trauma with Compassion-Based Approaches
Testimonial
“Before I came to counselling I didn’t know why I was anxious, now I understand what is underlying it and can use the strategies we have discussed to accept and manage it.”