Jane Sheppard, BACP

Jane Sheppard is a counsellor who works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and career uncertainties. She has four years of professional experience and holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP in her credentials. Jane aims to make beginning therapy straightforward for someone who is worried or unsure.

Her style is warm and straightforward. She offers a calm space to talk through difficult memories and daily pressures without judgment.

Approaches you can use online and how they help

Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people gently address and process distressing memories and reactions. It focuses on understanding how past events affect current feelings and learning ways to reduce reactivity. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and helps people try small behavioural or thinking changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns influence current connections and emotional responses, which can be useful for relationship strain and trust issues.

Choosing the right approach is a shared task. The therapist will talk with each person about their priorities, current challenges and what feels manageable. Together they will try methods and adapt them over time so the work fits the client's goals and pace.

Online sessions mean the same approaches can be delivered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful when people want face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is low, and text or chat sessions can work well for short check-ins or when writing things out helps. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel, and to keep regular contact without needing to travel to appointments.