Jane Finlay , BACP

Jane Finlay is a UK-registered psychotherapeutic counsellor who holds accreditation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. She brings more than 10 years of clinical experience to her work, supporting people through a wide range of emotional and relational challenges.

Her practice focuses on helping clients manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship difficulties, rebuild self-esteem and confidence, and cope with depression, anger and bereavement. Jane also works with issues such as low motivation and life changes, and she offers support for those facing trauma, family problems, addiction-related concerns, and intimacy-related difficulties.

Jane describes her approach as centred on compassionate understanding and respect for each person she meets. She is particularly interested in how individuals may hide parts of themselves behind everyday masks and how that pattern can show up in closest relationships. In therapy she helps people explore those patterns, reconnect with their authentic selves, and develop greater trust in their inner guidance.

By gaining deeper self-awareness clients can often shift perspective and find the motivation and confidence to pursue meaningful change. Jane offers a supportive, empathic presence as clients explore feelings and make decisions about helpful next steps, and she encourages people to acknowledge the courage it takes to begin therapy.

Psychodynamic Insight and Online Therapy Options

Psychodynamic therapy helps clients explore how past experiences, early relationships and unconscious patterns shape current feelings and behaviours. It invites reflection on recurring themes such as attachment, avoidance or emotional distance, and can be helpful for issues like relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, unresolved grief and repeated patterns of disconnection.

In practice, psychodynamic work focuses on developing a trusting therapeutic relationship in which thoughts and feelings can be examined safely. Through this process clients often gain clearer self-understanding and greater freedom to make different choices in relationships and everyday life.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the journey, and Jane works collaboratively with each person to identify what fits best based on their needs, goals and preferences. She discusses options openly and adapts the way she works to suit the client rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model.

Online therapy with Jane is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, attend sessions from familiar surroundings and fit therapy into day-to-day life while working toward meaningful change.