Testimonials
After chatting to a good friend about my concerns over one of my children's mental health she recommended I chat with Janine!
As soon as I was put in touch with Janine I was at ease and sure she would help shift some of the mental load that my child was carrying.....I had no idea it could be gone forever.
After just a few session of EMDR my child's body language totally changed (we had NO IDEA how much trauma was present in their posture!!) they were able to spend time with family members they could physically be around, they enjoyed being with us all as a family instead of the safe solitude of their bedroom and the standout moment for me was when they took their sister's hand to show her comfort when she was scared. Such a simple thing for most families to witness but it was life-altering for us as a family.
All I ever wanted was for them to feel happy, safe and free to be themselves, I can not believe this has been achieved and we have Janine to thank for this forever.
Nina, parent of former client.
After many years, I finally plucked up the courage to try EMDR. I say courage as it always felt to me a bit of a gimmick and I was worried about the after effects - like I was messing with my brain! Well, I needn’t have worried at all! Having been coached for many years by Janine, I already knew I was in safe hands. I would highly recommend getting to know your therapist so you have the chemistry and rapport needed to deal with the trauma and pain. Despite knowing each other well we did an initial ‘chemistry’ history taking session which took me to a place I’ve never discussed with anyone including Janine. I’ve since had 2 sessions and it was incredible. I described it as ‘sorcery’ but in such a positive way I laughed at the end of each of the 2 sessions even though I’d been to my darkest, most deepest places in my head and heart. Janine held the space with such calmness and guided me gently but skilfully to places I wouldn’t choose to go to.
The effects have been astounding. I’ve had people tell me I look happier than I have before and I feel genuinely lighter in myself. A pain, like a dull ache, behind my eyes has gone. I have trouble recalling such painful memories that have shaped me since childhood. The pain is no more. It’s like being freed from shackles you thought were protecting you. Results are almost instant - I felt incredibly emotionally drained after each session but found when I glanced in the mirror I wasn’t pained, if that makes sense. It’s expensive but worth it for the speed and efficacy. I’ve had counselling on and off for years and have never reached this depth of clarity and release. Talking therapies have their place but seemed to always keep me ‘stuck’. I still approach EMDR with some trepidation. It’s not for the faint hearted and you have to trust the process. And with Janine there, expertly crafting the process it’s fine. Better than that, I’d go as far to say life changing. Thank you for being such an invaluable part of my life.
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Louise, former client.
I’ve sought therapy with Janine twice on occasions when the world has seemed like too hard a place to stay in. Both times she has helped me to see the situation from a more positive, unskewed point of view.
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The second time I sought help from Janine was a year after I lost my 21-year-old son to an accidental drug overdose and I was finding it excruciatingly difficult to cope with life. Janine helped me to work through my feelings of hopelessness, sadness and guilt so that I can now grieve for my son and carry on living.
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Janine’s straightforward approach to therapy helped me learn to hold on to truths that I had lost touch with in my sea of sadness and guilt. The use of EMDR therapy worked really well for me because it helped me open up and talk about the most painful feelings and events sooner and more easily than I would have with talking therapy. The therapy also helped me to see where feelings that had surfaced in the past year had their origins, and that meant I could deal with them and put them in the past.
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Most of all Janine’s can-do attitude helped me change from feeling hopeless and lost to feeling sad, like I should after losing my beloved son, but accepting of that sadness and so able to carry on living and take care for my remaining family better.
Claire, former client
I started EMDR after it was recommended through a friend. I had many years of other therapy which hadn’t worked and went into EMDR thinking it sounded too good to be true and I was in a particularly bad place at the time as well and viewed it as a last resort. I had low self esteem, depression, suicidal thoughts(daily, that I had acted on before in several occasions) and saw no future or happiness in my life.
After the first session, Janine worked through my history and picked up on some issues and we worked through one that had been with me for nearly 30 years and after the first session that issue had gone as if by magic and I was in disbelief but looking forward to the journey. I’ve had many sessions since and every one has broken me and brought up issues I didn’t even think were that bad and after working through them and crying and falling apart, I was put back together, stronger and without the pain and hurt attached to the memories. I am now on the road to a better life, I’m happier, I’m getting enjoyment out of life and I talk more to people around me and I’m a changed man in a matter of months.
I call Janine a witch and call it voodoo because it’s miraculous and I am blown away by the results and I recommend EMDR to anyone I talk to who is in therapy or has problems. Thank you for everything!!!!
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James, former client.