““A good therapist must create a new therapy with every person they see””
JAN O’MAHONY COUNSELLING
My name is Jan O'Mahony. I am a fully qualified psychodynamic counsellor and therapist (BSc.MBACP) with over 25 years experience, accredited and registered with BACP.
I offer one-to-one counselling, which is usually over an extended period of time (months rather than weeks) and I believe therapy has the potential to fundamentally change the way we perceive the world and our place within it. Whether struggling with anxiety, depression, stress or low self-worth, counselling can offer an essential space to explore the roots of our dissatisfaction and help us find a new direction.
I offer face to face counselling on Wednesdays in City Road, Islington. In addition, I see people on-line using zoom on Mondays all day, and Tuesdays andThursdays during the daytime.
The address is:
Fees
£65* for Individual Therapy
*I am able to offer a small number of subsidised place in response to genuine financial need.
"Wow! What a relief it is to discover me and operate from there, rather than dance around trying to be what I thought others wanted me to be. Going to therapy has been so worth it."
- Sarah
One-to-One Therapy
There is something you need to talk about, but where do you turn?
Talking with friends and family is invaluable, but they are involved in your life and it might feel too risky to expose them to your darker thoughts and feelings. There could be too much at stake. This may be when a counsellor is just the right person to turn to, someone with whom there is nothing at stake.
Problems like depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and unresolved issues from the past can be very challenging to overcome without help from a therapist. I would work with you to discover the inner processes at work within you and how they are informing your expectations and perspective on life. A deeper understanding of yourself can then enable you to make real and lasting changes. But this is not a quick fix: it takes time before an intellectual understanding can be fully recognised and accepted. Most individual therapy takes months moving into years, rather than weeks.
I am available for on line counselling using Zoom on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, which may be your preferred way of conducting therapy or that you can fit in during your working day.
" Therapy with Jan has been an absolute revelation! It’s completely transformed the way I process my experience and allowed me to make peace with my past. I can’t imagine how I would have got here without Jan’s unwavering support. "
- Michael
What is ‘Psychodynamic’ Counselling?
Put briefly, psychodynamic counselling stresses the significance of our early childhood experience in shaping our patterns of relating and our sense of self.
It highlights how these patterns are still active in our adult relationships, even though we are unaware of them and they may no longer reflect our adult status.
By noticing and becoming more aware of your taken-for-granted expectations and attitudes, and the ways in which you interpret the world and your place in it, you can make adjustments to this 'world view' which will serve you better.
"I couldn’t recommend Jan more highly. She is a real person with a fantastic sense of humour as well as having profound insight. I felt at ease right from our first session."
- Fatima
How therapy can help.
People have come to me for counselling for a variety of reasons including:
Depression and feeling life is pointless and useless
Anxiety, agitation, panic attacks and PTSD
Trying to please others and feeling invisible and unappreciated
Feeling inadequate in spite of impressive achievements, sometimes called "Imposter syndrome"
Eating disorders
The legacy of childhood sexual abuse
Relationship difficulties
Coping with older age
The turmoil of being an adolescent & trying to find your place in life
The impact of being adoptedCounselling and Therapy can help you to:
Counselling helps you to:
Clarify and articulate what you are thinking and feeling
See how your past influences & continues to affect your present life
See what part you play in your relationships to others and the world
Face painful and difficult feelings
Prioritise what is most important to you so you can look forward with greater confidence.
Contact me
To book an initial session or find out whether therapy might be right for you, please get in contact using the form below.
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Below are a selection of TED Talks that you may find interesting or useful to have a look at. I update this section regularly and I am always on the look out for inspiring content to share with my clients.
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