Janet Kwegan , BACP

Janet Kwegan is a family-oriented therapist and counsellor with over 10 years of practice across a range of settings. She has supported people through the NHS, at a women’s centre, in a hospice, at a bereavement agency, within a perinatal mental health charity, at a cancer support centre and through a men’s counselling service. Her training includes cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), person-centred work and phenomenological approaches, and she draws on these methods to shape therapy that fits each person’s situation. She holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Janet works with relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief and bereavement, depression, stress and anxiety, addictions and LGBT concerns. She also supports challenges around intimacy, eating and sleeping, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career choices, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue and ADHD, alongside additional focuses such as abandonment, attachment issues, blended family matters and caregiver strain.

Her therapeutic stance is existential in orientation and non-judgmental, attending to how each person uniquely experiences the world. She helps people explore their relationships, sense of identity, values, choices and sense of purpose so they can make meaningful changes. Whether someone seeks immediate relief from distress or a deeper understanding of themselves, she offers a supportive space to begin that work. Janet provides therapy in English and Yoruba and is accepting clients, including international enquiries.

Evidence-informed approaches and online support

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape present patterns of connection and trust. In practice this approach helps people notice and change long-standing habits around closeness, abandonment fears and intimacy difficulties, and is useful for relationship and attachment-related concerns.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and the client’s own resources for change. It is a collaborative, non-directive way of working that supports self-exploration, identity questions and rebuilding self-esteem after loss or life transition.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical strategies to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. It is often used for anxiety, depression and stress-related difficulties by teaching skills that can reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Janet collaborates with each person to determine what best fits their needs, goals and preferences. She will work with clients to combine elements from different approaches as needed, tailoring sessions to what helps most.

Online therapy with Janet is available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, offering flexibility around work, family and time zones. These formats make access easier for people balancing busy lives or living outside the local area, and allow clients to choose the way of communicating that feels most comfortable to them while working with licensed professionals and therapists.