Jennifer Barnes

Available for new clients

Hours of work 9am to 7pm Monday to Friday

Face to Face in Southampton Monday - Wednesday

Face to Face in Stockbridge Thursday and Friday

Online and telepone counselling Monday - Friday 9am - 7pm

My name is Jane Barnes, and I am a qualified Â鶹ԭ´´ registered counsellor. I have worked in counselling and education for the past 20 years. I offer individual and couples counselling, and I have offices in both Southampton and Stockbridge where I work face to face and also work online. 

Individual Therapy

I am an integrative therapist which means I bring together various aspects of my experience and training to offer an individual, tailored approach offering long term and short term therapy. I offer a safe, calm and reflective space for you to explore your thoughts and feelings and identify patterns of behaviour or core beliefs that are out of your awareness and not helping you live your best life. You may feel lost or stuck in repeating patterns, struggle with anxiety, feel depressed, hopeless, or just feel you are not where you want to me. Doing the work on yourself can be hard and it is challenging at times but the benefits will release you from your suffering and help you find some peace.

Couples Therapy

Every relationship has its own rhythm - times of closeness, distance and inevitable life changes that test your connection. Whether you are feeling stuck in repeating patterns, struggling to communicate or are finding it hard to rebuild trust, couples therapy can help you to understand what is happening beneath the surface and start moving forward in a healthy way. I offer a calm and supportive space where both partners feel heard and respected. I will not take sides but help you to see patterns of behaviour that are not serving you and offer new ways to relate that bring more openness, honesty and understanding.

My approach is Transactional Analysis (TA) which helps you explore how you communicate and respond to each other - it makes sense of familiar roles, reactions, common triggers that keep you feeling misunderstood and disconnected.

I work from a counselling practice in Shirley, Southampton and also a private room in Stockbridge. I offer face to face and also online and telephone counselling. Finding the right therapist for you is vital which is why I offer a free 20 minute chat to explore what you need and how I may be able to help you find the right therapist for you.

Individual Session 50 minutes

Couples Sessions 60 minutes

I offer a free 20 minute telephone call to give you a chance to find out more about me and how we might work together.

Your first counselling session is an opportunity for you to tell me more about yourself, what you want to bring to counselling and what you think is influencing the way you feel now.

In this session, I will ask you for some background information, which will involve general questions about life at the moment and also it is a chance to understand a bit about your past.

Feeling comfortable with your therapist is the most important part of counselling, it is important to ask any questions you may have to help you to decide whether the way I work is right for you and how we might like to work together.