Kelly Jones

Mondays between 8 - 8pm

Tuesday evening

Fridays between 8 - 8pm

It can be daunting to reach out for counselling if you have not had counselling before and are not sure what to expect. In sessions with me you can expect kindness, compassion and confidentiality. I offer a calm and quiet space for you to feel truly heard and to feel less alone and isolated with whatever it is that is causing you distress, in the hope of being able to help alleviate and demystify the issues you are facing.

I am passionate about holding space for clients to grow and work through challenging feelings, overwhelm, painful life experiences, difficult relationship experiences, memories and events and help to make some sense of them. I work sensitively to support you to courageously live your life fully and feel able to be your unique self. Through this process clients often describe feeling a greater sense of self-understanding and understanding of events that have happened to them, a lightness, a greater ability to cope with overwhelming emotions, able to ground themselves, have a greater sense of self-confidence, self-esteem, and able to have healthier relationship dynamics with family, partners, friends, colleagues.

I offer a free 25 minute phone or video call conversation to see if we would be a good fit to work together and answer any questions you might have about the counselling process. This is with no obligation to begin sessions with me, but get an idea of who I am and how I work to see if you would like to begin counselling with me.

I work with clients short term (6 - 12 weeks) and medium term (12 - 24 weeks), and longer term (24+ weeks) can be discussed. I offer weekly and fortnightly appointments on Mondays and Fridays.

I am a fully qualified counsellor and therapist in Therapeutic Counselling Level 4 with 3 years of experience working with Manchester Mind as well as private practice.

I have experience of working with people who have experienced the following issues:

Anxiety, panic attacks and emotional dysregulation

Attachment trauma, relationship difficulties and family dynamics

Childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual trauma

Creativity blocks and issues of self-doubt

Depression, low self-esteem, hopelessness

Discrimination

Early life abuse and trauma

Employment and work difficulties

Feelings of inadequacy, low self esteem and imposter syndrome

Grief, bereavement and loss

Identity issues and impact of difference

Life challenges and life changes

Loneliness

Paranoia

Psychosis, voices

Neurodivergence

Spiritual and existential issues

Stress and stress management

I work integratively, meaning I am flexible to tailor psychotherapeutic interventions to each unique person. I draw on person-centred theory, Transactional Analysis and CBT as my foundations.

I have additional training in Domestic Abuse and Violence, Trauma Informed Principles, Safeguarding, Hearing Voices Group facilitation, Paranoia (Peter Bullimore), Unusual beliefs (Rufus May) and Peer Supported Open Dialogue training (with Dirk Corstens, Sanna Martha, Noor van Overbeak & Martijn Kole).

I have experience and am interested in working with clients who have experienced psychosis and am a supporter of the Hearing Voices Movement.