Janet Higgins Counselling

Here at Bridge House, JANET is able to offer a variety of counselling approaches to suit individual needs including:

Cognitive Behaioural Therapy
Relationship therapy
Mindfulness
Solution focused Therapy
Person centred Therapy
Integrative therapy
Couples counselling

Packages of care include:

Individual therapy
Couples therapy
Workshops
Commissioning for Independent Organisations.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Diploma in the theory & practice of counselling
Diploma CBT
Couples counselling- further and advanced (relate training model)
.(speech) Hons. 1st class
Professional Homeopath RSHom
Member of the BACP
CRB checked
Committed to ongoing professional development
Engages in the recommended monthly supervision
Member of Counselling North West.

Janet graduated from Sheffield University with a 1st class Honours degree in (speech) in 1989 and went on to work with both children & adults for Bolton NHS as a speech & language therapist and specialised in the treatment of Autistic spectrum disorders.

Following a career break to raise a family, she retrained as a counsellor and homeopath. Currently, Janet runs her own private homeopathy clinic & works as a private counsellor for counselling2gether and Janethigginscounselling @ Bridge House, and has volunteered as a counsellor @ MhIST , where she gained considerable experience in mental health problems and their management.

Special interests are:

anxiety and depression
couples counselling/relationship difficulties
bereavement and loss
anger
phobias and panic attacks
eating disorders
abuse
career counselling
dementia
low self esteem
management of chronic pain/fatigue
self harm
obsessive compulsive disorder
bipolar,PTSD & trauma
bullying