Jane High, NCPS

Jane High is a counsellor who works from a person-centred approach and draws on practical therapies to help people facing stress and life changes. She holds the NCPS credential and has four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. Jane aims to make early sessions straightforward and easy to follow so people can see whether the fit feels right.

She spends time building a respectful working relationship and listens for what matters most to each person. Sessions are shaped around the client's priorities, and goals are agreed together rather than imposed. That might mean focusing on anxiety, grief, or self-esteem in one case, and on midlife questions or workplace pressures in another.

Jane uses a mix of approaches when helpful, including attachment-based work, cognitive behavioural techniques, mindfulness and EMDR-informed methods. In practice this looks like noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, trying simple grounding or breathing exercises, and talking through past events that still cause distress.

People often come to her for coping strategies after loss, for managing chronic pain or illness, or for support with relationships and communication problems. She also supports those wrestling with life purpose, body image, guilt, shame and feelings of isolation.

Short, clear steps are preferred early on - setting one or two small goals and checking progress week to week. Jane describes therapy as a shared process and aims to help people find more steady ways to cope and move forward.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online counselling

Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and what people learned about safety and trust. In sessions this often means talking through past and current relationship patterns to notice what changes might feel helpful. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together, and offers practical exercises to try between meetings to reduce anxiety and unhelpful behaviours. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to steady strong emotions and increase day-to-day focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and is decided collaboratively. Jane will listen to the client's needs, try different methods in early sessions, and agree which mix of techniques best matches their goals and preferences.

The practical benefits of online therapy include being able to fit sessions into a busy week and keeping continuity when life gets hectic. Confirm the session formats available before booking, as session options are set by the therapist. Online work can make it easier to use brief check-ins, to practise techniques between meetings, or to choose conversations that suit quieter surroundings or lower bandwidth needs.