Janis Dreosti
Calm, practical counselling for everyday struggles
About Janis
Janis Dreosti helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports those facing life changes, relationship and family strain, grief, intimacy concerns, eating or sleeping difficulties, parenting challenges, anger and career stress. Janis works with people affected by ADHD, compassion fatigue and a range of related issues such as abandonment, codependency and communication problems.
Janis is a BACP counsellor with five years of practice experience.
Background and approach
She keeps sessions relaxed and interactive so people can speak plainly about what is troubling them. The first meeting focuses on what is happening now and what the person wants to get from therapy. Her style mixes practical tools with conversations.
She uses techniques to help understand why someone feels anxious, overwhelmed or stuck, and then works on ways to manage those feelings. Psycho-education is used to explain how stress, trauma or low mood affect thoughts and behaviour. When trauma is involved Janis does not ask for detailed accounts of past events.
The work concentrates on the impact the experience has left behind and on building coping skills at a pace chosen by the client. She treats the person as the expert on their own life. Sessions are tailored to the individual by drawing on a range of approaches.
Janis aims to give clear techniques that can be used between sessions, while also exploring longer-term changes the person wants to make.
What Janis works with
How Janis works
Listed by Janis among the ways they work.
Listed by Janis among the ways they work.
Listed by Janis among the ways they work.
Listed by Janis among the ways they work.
Listed by Janis among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
How these approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so people can explore thoughts and feelings at their own pace; this helps with low self-esteem, grief and general life stress. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety, manage mood and change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has helped before, then choose or blend methods that suit the person. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as the work progresses.
Online sessions can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or messaging lets people check in between meetings or write things down when that feels easier. These options make therapy more flexible and can help people fit support around work, study or family commitments.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
