Landings · Counselling & Psychotherapy

Welcome to landings

a safe place to engage in talking therapy.

There are times when we may feel stuck, overwhelmed or troubled. Sometimes because of life events, or what we have experienced personally; so we need a solid safe place to ‘land’, pause and discover space and healing that helps us to move on.

landings

is a place where clients with issues such as...

Abuse

emotional or physical

Anxiety

panic attacks & stress

Bereavement

grief & loss

Trauma

Complex Grief & Incidents

Relationship Issues

at work or at home

...can find acceptance & understanding.

Jo Dore MBACP (Accred)

Counsellor, Psychotherapist & Supervisor of Counselling

B.A. (Hons) Counselling & Psychotherapy

PGC Supervision of Counselling & Psychotherapy

Counsellor & Psychotherapist

I am a mature Counselling and Pyschotherapies Post-Graduate and Supervisor of Counselling. Following intensive training grounded in clinical practice, I have an excellent theoretical and practical understanding of experiential person-centered therapy.

Qualified to post degree level, I am a BACP Accredited Counsellor & Psychotherapist with years of experience working as a University Counsellor and in private practice; trained to work with all areas of emotional and psychological distress in a person-centred way.

The relationship between us as client-therapist is foundational. Both experience and theory influence my understanding that the client, you, ultimately know the best way forward for yourself.

I help to unravel the distress that hinders you from reaching your potential; or work with you to discover new meanings in the face of loss, suffering or adversity.

Supervision

The theoretical framework that underpins my practice for supervising counsellors and psychotherapists integrates insights from several person-centred supervisory practitioners (Hawkins & Shohet, 2012; Page & Wosket, 2001; Shohet, 2008; Van Duerzen, 2009).

As a supervisor I am committed to providing a safe space where the fluidity of the process is safely held within a spacious encounter; to enable a quality of looking that endeavours to see things how they really are, primarily within the supervisee and the client. The aim is for a collaborative ethically-minded reflection on the therapeutic practice from both an internal and external perspective; a tentative exploration that investigates, challenges, contains and affirms.

My experience endorses that the supervisory relationship is best placed as a creative place of learning; a place where fears may be dissolved amidst a quality of connectivity that flows when attending to both the psyche and soul of the supervisee and their client.

" I was very nervous of coming to counselling as my previous experiences of going to counselling had left me feeling judged and alone. Jo’s empathy and warm support helped me to trust her with painful experiences and made me feel strong enough to work through them in a safe place. I always came away feeling more released from the baggage we had worked on together in that session, which I had carried with me for years. "

" I felt at ease with Jo. I also felt I could trust her - I feel this is a rare quality in the world we live in today. There was something about Jo’s presence that meant I felt safe. I talked about a traumatic experience of childhood, and I felt Jo was not only willing to go to that place with me - she was there with me in my experience. Working through my traumatic experience left me with a sense of entitlement to be angry, and look for more productive ways to process my anger and resentment from the past. "

" Thank you so much for helping me along the way. I feel much more self-aware and it's amazing. To actually feel self-compassion has allowed me to feel contentment for the first time in forever. I finally feel like a whole person and for the first time I can trust myself. I am not trying to fix the things about me that I think others don't like. I can be imperfect in the eyes of others and the world is still okay. "

Contact

further information & how to get in touch

07399880555

info@landings.place

Therapy sessions are normally 1 hour long and are currently offered online via a video call, or by telephone. Psychotherapy can be open ended, or time limited depending on the nature of your issue; always to suit your needs.

Individual therapy is charged per hour on a 'self-selected fee' basis; a method that allows the client to choose an appropriate fee within a set range per hourly session.

Please note 48 hours’ notice is required for cancellations, otherwise full fees may be charged.

Created by John Dore