Overseas testimonials

Family and relationship issues

"When I moved out to the Middle East just over three years ago, I realised that it was a huge move - geographically! What I didn't fully appreciate, was that the decision to move had come from a place of deep rooted dissatisfaction and unhappiness with my life as it was.

Living out in the Middle East also threw up it's own challenges for me to deal with. I reached a very low place and decided to seek counselling as a support to help me dig around and understand where these feelings were coming from and find a new way of being.

Finding a suitable counsellor where I was living, proved to be difficult. I searched around on the Internet on a visit back to the UK and was fortunate enough to find Jan. We were able to meet face to face for my first couple of consultations. However, as my base was in abroad, there was no way I could continue with our 'in person' meetings - I needed to be able to continue counselling whilst I was away and working.

Fortunately, Jan was open to the idea of using Skype for our sessions and we arranged a time that was convenient to both of us, despite the time difference!

The sessions with Jan have been a huge help to me in being able to identify underlying thought patterns and habits of behaviour, and to move through those that no longer held any relevance or were being a negative force in my life. Jan encouraged me to be kind and gentle to myself as I developed new, more positive thought patterns and ways of responding. Being able to talk 'face-to-face' on skype from the comfort of my own sitting room - on the other side of the world, was an immense source of support. The fact that I simply had to switch on my computer at the arranged time and did not have to leave my house to reach a therapist, and afterwards was able to curl up on the sofa to process the session, was an enormous benefit. " Miss C

Relationship problems in the Bush

"I was working for a charity in Africa with my partner and we had lots of issues going on in our relationship, working and living together made it unbearable when we fell out. I found Jan's details and she helped us" Thank you Jan

Past trauma

"I can’t express enough how grateful I am to you for all your help and support in dealing with some of those deep-seated issues around abuse etc. Honestly, since we did that work, the influence of it has gone. All that remains is the ‘taking action stuff’ which I’m succeeding with too. So, thank you so much for all your help - it’s really had a positive impact for me and made such a difference."