About Janis
Janis Dreosti helps people tackle stress, anxiety, trauma and depression. She supports those struggling with self‑esteem, overwhelm, sleep or eating issues, and people facing grief, career strain or parenting challenges. Janis also works with concerns such as ADHD, intimacy difficulties, anger, compassion fatigue and relationship or family problems.
Janis keeps sessions relaxed and interactive. She aims to make people feel comfortable so they can talk about what matters and set clear goals for change.
How Janis works
She combines tools that suit the person rather than using one fixed method. Her style weaves practical techniques with gentle pacing. For trauma she focuses on the effects the experience has left behind rather than asking for detailed accounts of the past.
Clients are invited to move at their own pace and to build skills for managing strong feelings and intrusive thoughts. Janis draws on a mix of approaches to understand why problems started and to teach coping strategies. She uses clear explanations to help people make sense of symptoms, then works on small steps that improve daily functioning and mood.
She has five years of experience and has spent time working with a local charity supporting people affected by domestic violence, sexual abuse, post‑traumatic stress and depression. Janis is accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions focus on what each person wants to change.
The first meeting explores how issues affect daily life and agrees practical steps to move forward. Janis helps people identify priorities and build manageable plans for lasting improvement.
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What Janis works with
The areas below are the ones Janis selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Janis uses Client‑Centered Therapy to create a respectful, non‑judgemental space where the person leads the pace and direction of work. This approach helps when someone needs to feel heard, rebuild confidence and decide what change looks like for them.She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and to teach practical coping techniques. CBT can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and managing intrusive thoughts after trauma.
Finding the best approach is part of the process and will be collaborative. Janis will discuss what feels most useful and adapt methods to your goals, preferences and responses as therapy progresses. You and she will agree what to try and review how it is working.
Online sessions offer a range of practical options. Video calls allow face‑to‑face conversations and visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check‑ins, and live chat or text‑based messaging can suit people who prefer writing between scheduled meetings. These formats make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, study or caring responsibilities.
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A practical next step
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