Jill Johnson

Psychotherapist
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About

A warm and compassionate psychotherapist offering a non-judgemental, integrative approach to therapy. Using an integrative approach means tailoring the work to each individual, using a variety of modalities. Jill works with a range of mental health issues and has special interests in trauma, addiction, personality disorders and creative therapies. Jill is a UKCP accredited psychotherapist as part of the Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College.

Training

Recent Training:

  • Working with Autism (2021) Online Events
  • Working with Adults with ADHD (2021) Online Events
  • Working with Psychiatric Drugs in Therapy (2020) BACP Online Events
  • Working with Personality Disorders Using Transactional Analysis (2020) Online Events
  • Telehealth for Mental Health Professionals (2020)

Training with The Northern Guild for Psychotherapy and Counselling:

  • Working with the Inner Child in Therapy (2019)
  • Working with Child Abuse in Therapy (2019)
  • Working with Symbiosis (2019)
  • Story and Metaphor in Therapy (2018)
  • Music in Therapy (2018)
  • Working with Uncertainty (2018)
  • Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2018)
  • Imagery and Active Imagination in Therapy (2017)
  • Safeguarding: Legal and Ethical Issues (2016)
  • TA 101: a workshop on Transactional Analysis (2015)

Research Interests

MSc research into the use of imagery interventions as part of a harm reduction approach to addiction treatment (2020-2021).

Qualifications

  • 2019: Diploma Level 6 in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, The Northern Guild for Psychotherapy and Counselling
  • 2019: Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy, The Northern Guild for Psychotherapy and Counselling
  • 2020: Diploma level 7 in Psychotherapy, The Northern Guild for Psychotherapy and Counselling
  • 2021: MSc in Psychotherapy, The Northern Guild for Psychotherapy and Counselling validated by Newman University

I am passionate about early intervention and prevention work in mental illness in which I have developed a particular interest in promoting good mental health to reduce the chances of ill health.

I work collaboratively with my clients in order to do a thorough assessment of their mental health and then guide my clients to a personalised, evidenced-based and holistic model of mental wellbeing.

Following an initial assessment (which can take 1-2 sessions depending on the complexity and history), a key part of my practice is to deliver individualised psychological wellbeing education. I also provide evidenced-based therapeutic techniques as a toolkit for wellbeing including for example; how to improve sleep.