Janet Kwegan, BACP

Janet Kwegan is a counsellor with a decade of experience in health and community settings. She has worked in the NHS, a hospice, a bereavement agency, a perinatal mental health charity, a cancer support centre, a women’s centre and a men’s counselling service. Janet uses her background to support people facing grief, relationship strain and major life changes.

Her practice focuses on real-life concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and addiction. She also helps with parenting challenges, caregiver stress, ageing and geriatric issues, and problems with sleep and appetite. Janet works with issues around intimacy, identity and non-traditional relationships.

Janet describes her style as existential and person-centred. She pays attention to how each person experiences the world, their values and their relationships. Sessions are offered in English and Yoruba and draw on approaches like cognitive behavioural therapy, attachment-based work and emotionally-focused methods.

She combines practical techniques with reflective exploration. That means helping people manage symptoms while also looking at patterns of thinking, behaviour and attachment. Her NHS and charity experience informs a calm, non-judgemental manner and a focus on what matters to each individual.

If someone is navigating loss, life transition or caring responsibilities, Janet supports them to clarify choices and build coping strategies. She invites people to begin at their own pace and works collaboratively toward achievable change.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Janet works with attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people who notice repeated relationship difficulties or clarity issues about trust and closeness.

She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thought patterns and try small experiments in daily life. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression and short-term coping goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Janet treats therapy as a collaborative process and will help choose methods based on a person’s needs, goals and preferences rather than imposing a single style.

Please confirm which online session formats are provided before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove the travel time to appointments. Many people find that meeting by video or phone helps maintain continuity during life transitions and caregiving periods.