Janine Hill, BACP

Janine Hill is a counsellor and a BACP member with eight years of professional experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief and major life changes. Her approach is straightforward and respectful. She aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone who is worried or unsure.

Janine focuses on helping people handle depression and relationship strains. She also addresses communication problems, divorce and separation, and the specific burdens of guilt, shame and forgiveness. Social anxiety, loneliness and questions about life purpose are included in her work.

She uses Client-Centred Therapy to create a space where the person's experiences matter. The room is driven by the client's own concerns and pace. Janine listens closely and reflects what she hears so a person can make clearer choices.

Sessions are practical and grounded. Conversations aim to identify small, realistic steps people can try between meetings. Janine helps people build better coping skills for day-to-day pressures and for moments of grief or loss.

Her style is warm and non-judgemental. She treats people with sensitivity and respect. This often helps people feel safer to talk about hard topics and to work out next steps for change.

How a person-centred approach works online

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person at the heart of the process. The counsellor listens without steering the conversation and reflects what the client says to help them make sense of their feelings. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, depression and for processing grief because it focuses on the person's experience rather than on labels.

Finding the right way of working is part of therapy. The counsellor will discuss what feels helpful and adapt the approach to a person's goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process - the client and counsellor decide together how to proceed and which methods to try.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video works well for a longer, face-to-face style conversation while phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer writing things out or who want to check in between calls. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and daily life.