About Jane
Jane Wharmby is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief and life changes. She works with people worried about relationships, parenting, career pressures, low self-esteem and compassion fatigue. Jane uses straightforward language and a calm presence to make difficult topics easier to speak about.
She has 15 years of experience in both agency and independent practice across the United Kingdom and is a member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Background and approach
Before qualifying she worked in the tourist industry and local government, which gave her practical insight into people and their everyday pressures. Jane practises an integrative style. That means she draws on several approaches and adapts them to suit each person.
She aims to keep sessions client-led, helping people notice and use strengths that may have been overlooked. In sessions she focuses on simple, practical steps alongside longer conversations. That can include exploring thoughts and behaviours, building coping skills, and developing ways to manage overwhelming feelings.
The pace is set by the person in front of her, with support offered as they build resilience. Her work covers a wide range of concerns such as trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD-related difficulties, caregiving strain, chronic health challenges, body image and communication problems.
Jane’s way of working is warm and steady, with an emphasis on helping people make small changes that feel manageable.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then focus on the values and small actions that matter most. It often suits people facing anxiety, life transitions or persistent worry. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, low mood and problems that benefit from clear steps and homework. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve coping with stress and overwhelm, which can be useful alongside other approaches.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together decide which methods fit best. That collaborative process means techniques can be adapted as needs change and progress is reviewed along the way.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video works well for longer sessions with visual connection, phone calls suit people who prefer not to be on camera, live chat can be a shorter check-in and messaging allows brief updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and health demands while still using ACT, CBT or mindfulness tools in practical ways.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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