Miss Janelle Shaw Counsellor

I'm Janelle, a holistic psychotherapist offering online therapy. My philosophy around increasing mental wellness lies not simply in the “elimination” or “overcoming” of any signs of mental illness, but in finding supportive spaces to truly make sense of & integrate our experiences in a way that brings about a reconnection to ourselves, others & life as a whole. I believe that transformation & healing take place when the correct conditions are created. Thus, central to the way I work is providing a safe container of presence & two-way connection from where my clients can feel seen & heard for where they are at in their journey, whilst becoming equipped with evidence based tools & techniques to deepen their capacity for challenge, joy, connection & wholeness. I support clients to expand the way they relate to challenges, guiding them to form an allieship with “negative” emotions to extract the valid meaning, wisdom & guidance they carry. I hold the understanding that our challenges contain the key to deeper levels of growth & can be harnessed as potential catalysts into fuller expressions of self. My work is a unique synthesis of embodied self awareness, self inquiry, applied wisdom, evidence based tools & techniques, emotional education, tools for conscious-relating, dream work & symbolism, meditation & somatic practice.