Jane Sheppard, BACP

Jane Sheppard is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship worries, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and career concerns. She has a practical, steady manner and aims to make first steps feel manageable for someone who is unsure where to begin. She holds BACP, which signals registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Her sessions aim to be calm and straightforward. She listens without judgement and helps people name what they are feeling. Conversations move at a pace set by the client, with clear tasks when those feel useful.

Jane draws on several approaches to shape sessions. She uses attachment ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, helps spot unhelpful thinking and try small experiments to test new ways of coping.

When trauma is part of the picture she uses trauma-focused methods to reduce overwhelming reactions and build safety in daily life. Solution-focused techniques are used to set short-term goals and notice practical change quickly.

Her background includes four years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns, including abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, attachment difficulties, and substance-related problems. Sessions may also address relationship communication, codependency and caregiver stress.

Jane offers a collaborative style. She explains options, checks what feels helpful, and adapts her approach to the person's needs and goals. The emphasis is on small, achievable steps that fit the client’s life.

How Jane’s approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy is about understanding how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions use this approach to notice attachment styles, improve communication habits and practice different ways of relating in everyday life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behaviour changes. It works well online because thoughts and practical experiments can be reviewed between sessions and adjusted as needed. Trauma-Focused Therapy helps reduce overwhelming reactions to past events and build steadier responses today; techniques can be explained and practised safely across video or phone sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jane will talk through options and help decide what fits the person’s needs, goals and preferences. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Online therapy offers practical benefits. Video calls make it possible to read facial cues and hold richer conversations when that matters. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, quick reflections or times when typing feels more comfortable. These options allow sessions to be arranged around work, family or travel and help keep continuity when life is unpredictable.