Jo Walmsley
Counsellor in Kent

Are you feeling down, depressed, anxious? Are your relationships causing you stress or hurt? Do you feel that you are alone or have no-one to talk to? If you have answered "Yes" to any of these questions then please get in touch, Im here to help you.
I am a fully trained and accredited professional Integrative Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor with experience in many issues. I work with all ages and offer both short and long term counselling.
I am also trained in Life Coaching and can use this alongside counselling to help clients manage their lives to maximise their potential and reach their own goals.
By offering you a confidential and safe space to talk through your issues I can help you begin to understand how past events and experiences may be responsible for your current beliefs, behaviour and actions. By helping you to see things in a new way it allows you the choice of change. With help and support you can make the changes you may have always wished for or have yet to discover. I believe that by helping you to understand yourself it enables you the tools to make the most of your future.
Please feel free to browse my website www.affinitycounselling.org for further information on myself and counselling.
I am a fully qualified Integrative Counsellor and a registered member of the Association for Independent Practitioners (AIP), I hold Professional Accreditation with The National Counselling Society (NCS), and a I am a Registered member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP), and as such I adhere to their policies and code of ethics, a copy of which is available to upon request. I hold current and valid Indemnity Insurance.

Background & Counselling Qualifications

I have completed the following courses:
Sexual Dysfunction Diploma
Level 5 & 6 Counselling Children & Young People
Level 6 Certificate in Supervision
Accredited Infant Loss Counsellor
Certificate in Mindfulness
Transactional Analysis 101
Level 4 Diploma in Theory and Practice of Counselling
Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Theory
Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
Certificate in Counselling Concepts
Certificate in Restorative Justice - Victim/Offender Mediation
Certificate in Basic Community Mediation Skills

I have attended the following training:
Living and working with Dissociation
Coaching Skills Training
Working with Domestic Abuse
Bereavment and Loss
Stalking
Understanding Self-Harm
Freedom Programme
Transactional Analysis (TA)
Working with and Preventing Self-Harm
Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA)
Resilient Therapy
Life Coaching
Child Protection - Risk and Safeguarding
Bereavement - Supporting Others
Working With Children and Young People
Child Development
Attachment and Relationships
Domestic Violence Awareness
Mental Health Training
Alcohol and Substance Misuse

My Specialisms

I have experience in working with many issues, some of which are: Domestic Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Disability, Drug and Alcohol Addiction,Bereavement & Loss, Anxiety: Panic Attacks & Worry, Phobias, Relationships: Seperation & Divorce, OCD/OCT - Obsessional Compulsive Disorders/Obessional Compulsive Thoughts, Depression, Lack of Confidence & Self Worth, Health Anxiety, Eating Disorders - Anorexia & Bulimia, Sexual Intimacy, Abortion/Termination/Miscarriage, Infertility, Stress, Assertiveness

Approach to Counselling & How I Work

I am an Integrative therapist and Clinical Supervisor using an Integrative approach, it allows me the skills and flexibility of other theories to enable me to tailor therapy to each individual client and work with a wide variety of issues and clients. At the core of Integrative Theory is the relationship between counsellor and client and it is with this in mind that I strive to build a strong, trusting and empathic relationship with all of my clients
As an Integrative Therapist, I combine a number of theoretical approaches to assist with the issues I work with.
These approaches are:
Psychodynamic - Exploring childhood and early years
Transactional Analysis - Examining Patterns of Behaviour and Life Scripts
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - Questioning Core Beliefs
Person Centered - Affirming and offering Unconditional Positive Regard UPR
Existentialism - Concentrates on the 'here and now'
Gestalt
By using an Integrative approach it allows me the skills and flexibility of other theories to enable me to taylor therapy to each individual client and work with a wide variety of issues and clients. At the core of Integrative Counselling is the relationship between counsellor and client and it is with this in mind that I strive to build a strong, trusting and empathic relationship with all of my clients

Therapies & Rates

Please note the rates detailed below are there to give you an idea of the therapists standard rates, we strongly advise you contact the therapist for more detailed rates and any offers they may have.

Therapy	Appointment Type	Rate
Counselling	In Person	Please Call
Counselling	Online/Telephone	Please Call
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy	In Person	Please Call
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy	Online/Telephone	Please Call

Additional Rate Information

If you require support with Children, Couples Counselling or Clinical Supervision please get in touch. I am able to offer concessions on session fees for counselling students, children and young people and those seeking support either on a low income or in receipt of benefits. Please ask for details.