Jeanette Marsh
Psychotherapist, Counsellor & Clinical Supervisor
Working in South Woodford, E18 and Online
Meet Jeanette Marsh
Psychotherapist, Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor
Hi there, I'm Jeanette. I qualified as a therapist in 2001 and previously worked as a counsellor from1992.
Have a look around my website, you're very welcome!
I work in private practice. For17 years, I was Head of Psychological Support in a specialist palliative care unit in an East London Hospital. My work there was with people with palliative conditions and people facing death, as well as working with their family members and with complex bereavement. This included death by suicide, murder, road accident, sudden and unexpected death, death during COVID and miscarriage, stillbirth and termination. My private work includes loss, grief, stress, work-related problems, the ongoing impact of childhood difficulties such as neglect, abuse and bullying.
Therapy is not for the faint-hearted - it takes guts to take an honest look at yourself and your life. In therapy, you can speak openly about what's bothering you and be listened to without fear of judgement.
I am also a registered Clinical Supervisor and can supervise other counsellors and therapists both during their training and when qualified.
Training & Qualifications
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MA Transpersonal Counselling and Psychotherapy (De Montfort University, 2001)
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Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy (CCPE, 2000)
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BSc (Hons) Psychology (The Open University, 1997)
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Developing Supervision Skills (BAP, 2004)
I am a registered and accredited member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). I am also training as a Jungian Analyst with the Association of Jungian Analysts (AJA).
I am a UKCP-registered Supervisor and on their Supervisor Directory. I can offer clinical supervision to both trainee and qualified counsellors and psychotherapists.
I am a registered therapist with BUPA/AXA/AVIVA.
Why Therapy?
Scroll down to see some of the things that therapy can help with
Bereavement
The death of someone you care about affects everyone differently - there is no one way to grieve and, definitely, no right way. Every person is unique, every death is unique, every grief is unique. Therapy can help you to find a way through your grief and give you a place to talk about your feelings, about the person who has died and your relationship with them. That is all part of grieving. We live in a society that doesn't make room for grief any more so therapy can be your space to grieve.
Depression and Low Mood
Depression is a normal part of most of our lives at some point. It has differing degrees of severity. Someone with mild depression will, generally, still be able to work and socialise whereas someone with severe depression may not be able to carry on with normal life at all. Therapy can help you to understand what is happening, find ways to cope and begin to think about new ways forward in your life.
Neo-natal loss
Many women and men are surprised at the intensity of the grief they experience after losing a baby and how long it goes on for. Family and friends often don't know what to say or how to support you. Sometimes they will even say things that are completely insensitive and, at other times, avoid contact altogether. They may expect things to get back to 'normal' as quickly as possible. Therapy can help you to talk about what has happened.
Anxiety
This may be a kind of 'free-floating' anxiety that has no particular trigger but occurs over a range of situations. You may feel worried and up-tight a lot of the time. This may be worse in particular situations and can, sometimes, lead to panic attacks. General symptoms of anxiety can include disturbed sleep, irritability, headaches, dizziness and a rapid pulse. Therapy can help you to find the root causes of your anxiety and ways to deal with it.
Stress
We all experience stress in our lives - in many ways, it is a product of modern living. Situations that we encounter generate physical and psychological responses which are very personal. Different things affect us in different ways - what is very stressful for one person may be an exciting challenge for another. Change of any kind generates stress, even if the change is the result of pleasant or positive things. Therapy can help you to find ways of dealing with the stress in your life.
Poor self-image/Low self-esteem
Sometimes low self-esteem or poor self-image is the result of past experience which has taught us that we are unlovable, stupid or shameful. This can come from our childhood years or from later life experiences. It is often reinforced by our own 'inner voice' which plays consistently negative messages. Therapy can help you to learn about your inner 'self-talk', find compassion for yourself and learn how to be more caring towards yourself and your experiences.
Relationship difficulties
Relationships can be the source of deep joy and satisfaction as well as the cause of great misery and despair. The feelings associated with relationships are often very intense. They may include feelings of childlike dependence, love, sexual attraction, jealousy of others, envy and idealisation. They may also include emotions such as distrust, dislike, hatred and anger. A carry-over of feelings and attitudes from childhood can unconsciously affect our present-day relationships. Therapy can help you understand how you relate to others and, perhaps, make some changes.
Unresolved childhood issues
Talking about the past can help us to make sense of the present. The past can help us to recognise patterns over time and to see what has repeatedly blocked any changes we have tried to make so far. It also helps us to develop awareness of the Shadow and the hidden potential within us.
Issues from childhood that can continue to impact in adult life include physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, bullying, cruelty and the inability of caregivers to provide the sustaining environment that any child needs. Therapy can help you to come to terms with your past and find a way forward.
Increasing self-awareness
Self-awareness is a process of personal growth and discovery. You can gradually gain more insight into the ways you think, feel and believe and start to own those things honestly.
That may sound relatively simple but think about how often you are really honest about all the feelings that go on inside you. Even the ones that you don't like and would rather other people didn't know about.
Therapy is a place where you can begin to share yourself openly and honestly with someone who will not judge you.
Palliative diagnosis and treatment
Many people find that, as they face death, they want to look back over their life. It becomes a time for reflection on what life has been for them - what it has meant to them, who and what has been important and what is important now. It can be a time to acknowledge regrets and disappointments in order to find peace in the face of death. This sometimes means saying sorry and making amends if they can; asking forgiveness or forgiving others; thanking important people; expressing feelings to those closest to them; finding ways to say their goodbyes. All of these things can be talked about with a therapist.
Cancer survivorship
When someone is diagnosed with a life-changing illness, such as cancer, there are so many tests, hospital appointments and treatments to go through. Often there just isn't the time to think about what is happening - you just have to go through it. Many people find that, when all of the treatment is finished, that is when they begin to process what has happened to them. This is the time when therapy can be really helpful to help you reflect on what you went through and how it has affected you.
Help with change
When someone is diagnosed with a life-changing illness, such as cancer, there are so many tests, hospital appointments and treatments to go through. Often there just isn't the time to think about what is happening - you just have to go through it.
Many people find that, when all of the treatment is finished, that is when they begin to process what has happened to them. This is the time when therapy can be really helpful to help you reflect on what you went through and how it has affected you.
Soul work
Sooner or later, many of us get to a point in our lives when it all feels pointless. No matter how much money we earn, how many things we fill our lives with, there is an emptiness to it all and nothing seems to have meaning. This is when we can truly begin the search for who we are at the core of our being. Our true self has often been hurt or shamed. When this happens we hide who we truly are behind defensive masks and patterns of behaviour that build up over the years into a false self - a shell - but this is not who we really are. Soul work is a process of gradually working through the unconscious layers of our psyche, reclaiming what has been lost and opening ourselves to life, love and meaning.
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Contact Information
Phone
Practice address
07958 907099
Bressey Lodge, Bressey Grove, South Woodford, London E18 1BD