Jane Ross

I am currently welcoming new clients.

I offer face-to-face sessions in central Edinburgh including early-morning appointment for early risers. 

I also offer online and telephone sessions during evenings and weekends.

My face-to-face sessions take place in a calm, welcoming room at Coates Place in Edinburgh's West End, a short Victorian residential terrace that is easily accessible by public transport.

Online sessions are delivered via a secure platform, with privacy and confidentiality carefully maintained.

I'm a counsellor and psychotherapist offering a warm, thoughtful and non-judgemental space where you can explore what is happening for you without having to arrive with everything worked out.

Sometimes we know exactly why we're struggling. At other times, we simply know that something doesn't feel right anymore. You might be experiencing loss or bereavement, difficulties in a relationship, a period of change or uncertainty, or finding that your relationship with alcohol or other behaviours has become difficult. You may feel overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, or unsure about what comes next.

Whatever brings you to therapy, we can begin with where you are.

Before becoming a Person-Centred therapist, I worked for many years in healthcare. That experience has shaped the way I work with people facing difficult, uncertain or life-changing circumstances, and I bring a grounded, human approach to my therapeutic work.

I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and work in accordance with its Ethical Framework. What you share with me is treated with respect and confidentiality.

I believe you are the expert on your own life. My role isn't to tell you what to do or give you answers, but to offer a genuine therapeutic relationship in which you can feel heard, understood and able to explore what matters to you.

I offer both short- and longer-term Person-Centred therapy, depending on what feels right for you.

My work is relationship-based and collaborative. We don't need to decide everything at the beginning. We can take time to understand what is bringing you to therapy and allow the work to develop from there.

I have particular interests in family dynamics, loss and bereavement, relationships and patterns of relating, addiction and recovery. In addition, questions of identity, belonging and direction that can arise during significant periods of emotional and practical change.

You don't have to know exactly what you need from therapy before you make contact. Sometimes the first step is simply recognising that you don't want to continue feeling the way you have been feeling.

Getting in touch can feel like a big step, particularly if you have never been to therapy before. You don't need to write a long message or explain everything straight away. A simple enquiry is enough.

I'll get back to you as soon as I can, and within 24 hours. We can then arrange a brief introductory conversation so you can ask any questions and get a sense of whether working together might feel right for you.

If you decide to go ahead, the first full session is an opportunity for us to begin exploring what has brought you to therapy and what you would like from the work. I'll explain how I work, the practical arrangements and anything else you need to know.

There is no expectation that you arrive with everything worked out. We can start wherever feels right for you, and you set the pace.

Therapy is your time and your choice. We create the therapeutic relationship together, and you remain in control of how long you continue.