Janet Kwegan, BACP

Janet Kwegan is a counsellor with more than 10 years' experience in health and community settings. She 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. Janet uses this background to help people facing relationship strain, grief, anxiety, depression and midlife questions.

She describes her approach as existential and person-centred. That means she focuses on how each person experiences life, rather than judging feelings. Sessions look at relationships, identity, values and the choices that shape day-to-day life.

Janet draws on a range of practical methods such as cognitive behavioural ideas, emotion-focused work and attachment-based thinking. She adapts techniques to suit what someone needs in the moment. The aim is to find straightforward ways to manage stressful thoughts, improve communication and cope with change.

People come to her with many concerns including trauma, addictions, parenting strain, sleep and eating issues, compassion fatigue and ADHD. She also supports those dealing with abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and ageing matters. Janet helps people weigh up options and make changes they find meaningful.

Sessions are offered in English and Yoruba and she accepts international clients. Janet is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. To begin, clients follow the site Start Therapy process to complete a short questionnaire and arrange sessions.

How Janet uses therapeutic approaches online

Attachment-based thinking looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and trust. It helps people who struggle with closeness, communication problems or patterns of dependence and avoidance. Cognitive behavioural ideas focus on how thoughts shape feelings and behaviour and provide step-by-step ways to test unhelpful thinking and build new habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Janet will listen to your goals and worries, then suggest ways of working that match your needs and preferences. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

If you want remote sessions, check the current session options before booking as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help when quieter surroundings or less visual focus suit you better. Registered and accredited professionals use these methods to support people with relationship issues, grief, anxiety and life transitions.