Jane Stannard, BACP, NCPS

Jane Stannard supports people navigating loss, life changes, and the everyday pressures that can leave them feeling overwhelmed. She works with individuals facing bereavement, separation, workplace strain, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression, offering a calm, nonjudgmental space to explore their experience and emotions. Her practice is attuned to both sudden losses and slower, less visible kinds of grief - such as the end of a friendship, the loss of a job, or changes within a blended family - and she helps clients find ways to make sense of what has happened and to rebuild a sense of direction.

Jane draws on client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches to shape therapy around each person she meets, aiming to reduce stress and anxiety while increasing confidence in decision-making. She brings practical experience to her work, with ten years of overall experience and six years counselling in a volunteer role, across issues including bereavement, relationship difficulties, financial strain, abuse, and end-of-life concerns. Jane is able to offer faith-sensitive support and can include prayerful listening for clients who request that perspective, while also supporting people of no faith.

She holds professional credentials including BACP - British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and NCPS, and she encourages potential clients to make sure a counsellor feels like the right fit before committing to work together. Jane aims to listen attentively and to walk alongside people as they find their own way forward.

Client-Centered and CBT Approaches for Online Support

Jane Stannard commonly draws on client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in her online practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on active listening and creating an empathetic space where the client leads the conversation; it helps people working through grief, relationship challenges, or questions of identity to feel heard and to develop their own solutions. CBT is a practical, problem-focused approach that looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviours interact; it is often used to reduce symptoms of anxiety, panic, low mood, and stress by building new coping strategies and changing unhelpful thinking patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Jane works collaboratively with each person to identify what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time so the work remains relevant and effective for the individual.

Online therapy with Jane can take place by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier for people to maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other commitments, and they allow licensed professionals to provide consistent, accessible support wherever the client is located in the United Kingdom.