About Jane
Jane Finlay is a psychotherapeutic counsellor with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has a decade of experience helping people who feel stuck, overwhelmed or unsure where to turn. Her work often centres on anxiety, stress and low self-esteem, and she aims to make the first steps feel manageable.
She offers a warm, respectful space where people can talk without pressure. Jane pays attention to how people hide parts of themselves behind everyday masks.
Background and approach
She helps them notice patterns that affect relationships and day-to-day life. Jane uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences shape current feelings and behaviour. Sessions focus on understanding emotional patterns, building self-awareness and finding practical ways to cope.
Conversations are paced to suit each person and to build trust over time. People come with many concerns including grief, anger, addiction, family problems and compassion fatigue. Jane also supports those dealing with attachment issues, feelings of emptiness, commitment worries and communication difficulties.
She aims to help people reconnect with what matters to them and to their own inner guidance. Her practice is grounded in simple, honest conversation. Jane encourages small steps that can change how a person feels day to day.
She acknowledges that asking for help takes courage and she works alongside people as they consider what might help them feel better.
How psychodynamic counselling works online
Psychodynamic therapy looks at how past experiences and repeated patterns shape current feelings and relationships. It involves talking about memories, emotions and relationships to notice recurring themes that influence daily life. This approach can be helpful for anxiety, relationship struggles and long-standing feelings such as shame or emptiness.Sessions are collaborative and paced to the individual. The therapist and client work together to find which ideas and techniques fit best for the person's goals. Over time they may focus on understanding emotional patterns, developing self-awareness and trying small changes that feel manageable.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people read body language and have a near face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option when being on camera feels difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection and people who prefer writing to talking. These options offer flexibility so people can choose what works for their schedule and needs.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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