Jane is a qualified, skilled and experienced bereavement and loss therapist and supervisor, trained by Cruse UK and St John’s Hospice London, with over 10 years' experience supporting grief, illness and ambiguous loss.
I can help with...
- Bereavement and loss
- Identity issues
- Pregnancy, birth and loss
Types of clients I see
- Individuals
- Groups
- Older people
Languages I speak
- English
Location(s)
- 180–186 King's Cross Rd, Kings Cross, WC1X 9DE
- Contact me for details
Types of therapy I offer
- Companioning model of grief support
- Complicated grief therapy
- Humanistic
- Person-centred
- Psychoeducational
My approach
Bereavement is one of the most profound experiences we can face as it touches every aspect of our lives, our emotions, thinking, our relationships and our physical and mental health.
When reaching out for support after loss, it is often because we are in a deep state of emotional turmoil. We can feel angry, guilty, fearful of letting go, sad and bereft, even numb and blocked.
My approach is to support clients through their unique and complex grief journey, to create an empathetic and confidential space where their loss is validated, honoured, and respected.
Grief comes in many forms. I can help with:
- acute grief (immediate, intense with physical symptoms)
- anticipatory grief – dementia and life-limiting diagnoses
- bereavement by suicide
- bereavement by homicide
- collective grief (community, workplace or social group loss)
- complicated grief (prolonged and unresolved)
- compound grief (multiple bereavements)
- disenfranchised grief (loss not acknowledged socially, culturally or valued)
- inhibited grief (suppressed and not consciously processed but emotionally painful)
- living loss (grief of those still alive following a breakdown of a relationship, divorce)
- loss of a child
- loss of identity and regaining a sense of self
- miscarriage and perinatal bereavement
- post-traumatic growth (finding meaning and purpose, increased personal strength, compassion, appreciation and gratitude, or engaging with life following loss)
- secondary and future loss (loss of concrete things, financial security, relationships, hopes and plans following a significant loss and bereavement)
- sudden and traumatic bereavement
- uncomplicated grief (the natural, difficult emotions following loss)
In my counselling sessions, I aim to provide a calm, welcoming and non-judgemental space where clients feel safe to express their grief in their own way and time.
My collaborative approach encourages the client to guide the counselling process, while always respecting their personal journey and supporting them to reconnect with their inner resilience. I can provide a theoretical understanding of grief and the grieving process with practical skills to help the process.
Grief can be a deeply isolating experience; and often we don’t want to burden our family and friends, or they find it hard to know how to provide support. In our sessions, I aim to cultivate a connection that reminds you that you are not alone, where the unsaid can be said. I work to ensure that your experience is always met with empathy and understanding.
Grief is not about ‘moving on’ but rather about finding ways to move forward with self-compassion as you integrate the loss. Together, we can explore a path that respects your experience, supports your healing, and allows space for growth, even when enduring profound loss.
Training, qualifications and experience
- Foundational Training and Counselling Skills – Cruse Bereavement Support training (2016)
- Diploma in Counselling – Institute of Counselling, accredited by The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (2019)
- Diploma in Higher Education (Death, dying and bereavement; Counselling: exploring fear and sadness; Psychology; Community mental health; Social sciences) – The Open University (awarded 2024)
- Certificate in Higher Education: Social sciences – The Open University (awarded 2014)
- Diploma in Childcare and Education – Lambeth College, South Bank Colleges (awarded 1978)
- Advanced Counselling Skills – City Lit (2025)
- Group Facilitation Training – City Lit (2024)
- Working with Clients on Zoom – Cruse certification (2021)
- Group facilitation training – Cruse certification (2018)
- Sudden and Traumatic Bereavement Certificate – Cruse (2017)
- Major Incident Certificate – Cruse (2021)
- Dialectical Skills Training – NHS Psychological Professions, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (2024)
In addition, I am a level 2 client-facing bereavement and loss supervisor trained by Cruse in 2022 and I currently deliver group supervision for bereavement volunteers and co-facilitate bereavement groups for Suffolk County Council.
I was a client group co-facilitator for Suffolk Mind from 2022 to 2024 working exclusively with borderline personality disorder while studying mental health in the community. This is a service commissioned by the NHS in Suffolk.
I worked as a volunteer at St John’s Hospice in London while training, supporting in-patients and their families. I also set up therapeutic and social support bereavement groups for the hospice bereavement service.
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Fees and availability
Bereavement and loss support is best delivered in person. I work at the King’s Cross rooms daytime, evening and weekends, availability to be agreed. I also work on the telephone and Zoom. Please contact me to discuss.
- I charge £70 for 50 minutes (extended sessions of 90 minutes can be arranged)
- I can offer short blocks of 6 sessions and longer-term sessions
- Concessionary rates for students, the unemployed and those on low income are available – please contact me to discuss
- I offer a free 30-minute call to understand your loss and assess your needs and to discuss the support I can provide
- I am fully insured, and I have an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service)
Cancellation is 48 hours to avoid charges.