Janet Kwegan, BACP

Janet Kwegan is a counsellor with more than 10 years' experience in health and community settings. She has worked across the NHS, a women’s centre, a hospice, a bereavement agency, a perinatal mental health charity, a cancer support centre and a men’s counselling service. Janet draws on this range of work when meeting new people. Her background means she is used to helping people at different life stages and in different kinds of crisis. She helps with relationship and family concerns, grief and bereavement, trauma and abuse, stress and anxiety, addictions and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing career changes, parenting strain, eating or sleeping difficulties, and issues around self esteem and intimacy. Janet describes her approach as existential. She focuses on how each person experiences the world rather than judging their feelings. Conversations often look at relationships, identity, values and the choices that shape daily life. Therapy sessions aim to be practical and respectful. She draws on methods such as client-centred work and cognitive behavioural therapy when these match a person’s needs. She also uses attachment-based and emotionally focused ideas to look at how past bonds affect present relationships. Sessions are offered in English and Yoruba, and Janet accepts international clients. If someone wants to begin, they are asked to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.

How Janet's approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and patterns. Online conversations can map those patterns and help people notice how they relate to others now. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and helping someone find their own solutions; this can be carried out through talk-based sessions that prioritise the client's pace and priorities. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) offers practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour, with exercises you can try between sessions to test what helps.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Janet will work collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person's needs, goals and preferences. Together they can adjust the balance of listening, reflection and practical skills as therapy continues.

The biography does not specify which online formats are used, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around busy lives, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes access possible for people living outside the immediate area, including international clients, while keeping a focus on practical ways to apply what is discussed between sessions.