Jenny Poirier

Monday and Wednesday daytime only

Please note I am not able to offer evening sessions

I have worked as a Counsellor since 1995 in the NHS, voluntary & charitable sector and in private practice. I offer sessions both face to face and via Zoom.

I specialise in helping adult people cope with grief including pregnancy & baby loss, and with trauma and with health conditions such as cancer.I am trained in EMDR therapy.

I aim to establish a good, collaborative, working relationship with you by helping you to explore what has brought you to counselling and how your earlier life experiences and relationships may have affected you in the present. We can work together on what you would like to achieve for your future through counselling.

I am neurodiversity and gender affirming.

I work Mondays, Wednesdays  between 9.30am -6pm subject to availability

I am a Registered BACP Accredited Counsellor. I am an integrative counsellor, which means I don't follow solely one school of counselling but am informed by a range of theories including Person-Centred, Attachment Based Psychodynamic Theory and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in my work. I adapt the way I work and the techniques I use to each client’s individual needs.

I have also trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) therapy with EMDR Works and am a member of the EMDR Association UK & Ireland.

When you make an initial enquiry to me please include briefly the reason you are seeking therapy at this time.

The first  appointment is a chance for us to meet and discuss the issues that you want to bring and what you would like to get out of coming for counselling. I will want to get an outline of your background and history and your current situation and issues/symptoms.

I may spend some time working with you to create some resources for you before we begin working on your concerns. I will listen and ask some questions to help you talk, I don't just sit in silence.

It is important for us to both feel comfortable working together.

If we decide to go ahead with further appointments, we would agree a time to meet, usually weekly.

There is no obligation to continue. Sometimes a person may decide that counselling is not for them or it may be more appropriate for you to contact another organisation or counsellor.

Some people find it helpful to have an initial appointment with more than one counsellor and then make a decision as to who they feel most comfortable with.

I offer sessions online and in person.