Janet Bell

I am a BACP-registered integrative counsellor meaning my approach draws from different models (person-centred, attachment and transactional analysis) to best fit each individual client. Together we will explore concerns, identify and gently challenge patterns, limiting beliefs and ingrained narratives to facilitate meaningful change at your own pace. I can help with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationship and family difficulties, trauma, addiction, identity and loss. I support people from diverse backgrounds, cultures, ages, gender and neurodivergence (particularly ADHD and autistic spectrum), working inclusively and with respect.  I have particular experience with the music industry, performing arts, addiction and boarding school related issues.

Following a Politics degree and work with minority arts funding, I eventually found my way into the UK music and entertainment industry where I worked for over twenty five years before taking the life-changing decision to retrain as a counsellor. During my training I worked in the drug and alcohol services supporting clients with recovery from addiction. I have worked within schools and colleges counselling children and young people as well as music students. I am currently a counsellor at a performing arts college, alongside my private therapy practice. I have experience of the impacts of boarding school, ruptured attachments and addiction.