About Me
I help people feel heard — and help them be heard.
Feeling truly heard can change everything. It can help you feel valued, understood and more confident in who you are. Whether you come to me for counselling, coaching, supervision or training, that quality of listening is at the heart of everything I do.
I’m based in Wellington, Somerset, and I work with clients across the South West and nationally online. I’m a full member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and an Accredited member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS).
What clients say about me
- They feel very safe and comfortable — able to say anything without fear of judgement
- My training is effective, fun and dynamic
- I bring warmth, intuition, empathy and genuine skill to everything I do
Karen Janas
MBACP, MNCPS(Accred)
Dip Supervision
Adv Dip Children & Adolescents
Adv Dip Counselling
Cert Transactional Analysis
Cert Integrative Counselling
Qualifications & Training
- Diploma in Supervision
- Advanced Diploma in Counselling Children and Adolescents
- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling
- Coaching Diploma
- Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Qualified Teacher)
- Certificate in Transactional Analysis
- Certificate in Counselling
- Certificate in Unplanned Pregnancy Counselling
- Certificate in Post Abortion Counselling
- Advanced Public Speaking (ASC)
- Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector
- Tackling Domestic Violence and Abuse
- MSc Oceanography
- BA Geography
Experience:
I have worked with clients on a wide range of issues including:
- Depression and anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief and bereavement
- Relationship and family difficulties
- Anger and stress
- Low self-esteem and confidence
- Eating difficulties and addiction
- OCD and obsessional thinking
- Phobias, including emetophobia and public speaking fears
- Work-related challenges and career development
- Children and young people
I am dedicated to my work, my clients and in providing an effective professional service. All my work is supervised and I work within the BACP Code of Ethics.
Continued Professional Development
I am committed to ongoing learning and regularly undertake CPD. Recent and notable additional training includes:
- Child Protection and Safeguarding
- Parental Alienation
- The Impact of Traumatic Relationships on Adults and Children
- Counselling Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
- The Impact of Sibling Abuse and Male Survivors
- Step Parenting
- Making Sense of Autism
- Eating Disorders
- Understanding Addiction
- Counselling with the Risk of Suicide
- Understanding and Working with Shame
- Restorative Approaches
- Mindfulness
- Heart Maths
- COVID and Collective Trauma