Janis Dreosti , BACP

Janis Dreosti is a qualified counsellor based in the United Kingdom who brings five years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, confidence difficulties and depression. She adopts an interactive and relaxed style in sessions so clients can feel at ease and focus on what they want from therapy and how to work toward those goals.

She has particular experience working with young people and students, and is familiar with the pressures and anxieties that can feel overwhelming during study and life transitions. Janis uses psycho-education and practical techniques to help clients understand why they may be experiencing anxiety, OCD, anger, a lack of self-belief or a sense of being overwhelmed, and she provides tools to manage those reactions.

Her practice integrates a range of therapeutic skills tailored to the individual, with an emphasis on approaches that address stress, depression and the ongoing effects of trauma. When working with trauma, she focuses on the consequences of the event rather than detailed exploration of the past, moving at the client’s pace and recognising the client as the expert on their own experience.

In addition to private practice, Janis has spent over five years supporting and counselling people through domestic violence, sexual abuse, PTSD and depression at a local charity. Initial sessions explore how current issues are affecting wellbeing and what the client hopes to gain, creating a collaborative starting point for change. She holds the BACP credential, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.