Jo Hegarty

I have some availability. Please contact me to talk about when would suit you. 

I am an Integrative psychotherapist which means I draw from a number of different theoretical approaches depending on the person and the issue they are experiencing. Having over 10 years of experience of working with clients I've had a wide range of issues and the approach can range from holding the space to really challenging the client. Every client is different. 

I've had a small practice for a few years and my clients have varied hugely in the issues they bring. I have a few areas of specialism: relationship issues, workplace stress, anxiety and depression, survivors of narcissistic abuse, menopause, women's health issues including infertility, dealing with parents with dementia. I've had lots of gay clients and lots of straight clients. I even went through a phase of seeing lawyers who having finally qualified found they had studied law because it was what their father had wanted them to do. 

As part of my therapeutic practice sex has arisen as part of the discussions of relationship issues for some clients but I need to stress I am not a sex therapist. 

Come and have a chat.

I’d start with an initial consultation to understand what you want to gain from therapy. We'd talk through how therapy will help you achieve it.

I would also ask you about the background to your issues plus information about your family, because the family is where we learned to behave and interact with other people, and learned how to disagree with them. In that first therapy session, I would probably ask lots of questions but after that the balance would shift so you would do more of the talking. At the sixth session we would talk through progress and discuss and agree whether to continue to longer term therapy.