Hi my name is Jacci Jones. I often get asked ‘What is the difference between a psychotherapist and a counsellor?’
A therapist can often provide both counselling and psychotherapy, because psychotherapy often requires more training.
A psychotherapist is qualified to provide counselling. Whereas a counsellor may or may not possess the necessary training and skills to provide psychotherapy.
Technically speaking, ‘counsellor’ means “advisor.” It involves two people working together to solve a problem.
Psychotherapy on the other hand is generally a longer-term treatment that focuses more on gaining insight into chronic physical and emotional issues. Its focus is on the person’s thought processes, and how these may be influenced by past events that may cause problems in the present.
I qualified as a psychotherapist in Transactional Analysis at the Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy.
I am a mum of three amazing children and in my working life over the last 20 years, I have facilitated training in various establishments for Foster carers, Social Services, Parents, Teachers and other Therapists via conferences and training programmes.
Being a foster carer for 12 years, mainly fostering teenage boys with severely challenging behaviour, lead me to train in Psychotherapy. I now run a successful private practice in Chorley, Lancashire. As well as being a co founder of Parent-Plus.
More recently I have updated my training to include Coaching, NLP and ‘The 3 Principles’.
This course covers how awareness of how we think and feel about events that happen to us contribute to our levels of stress.
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“I really enjoyed the course, I found it very informative and I will watch the videos again to get as much info to sink in as possible.”
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“I learned to be conscious of why we are thinking things and how to perhaps communicate with ours more evenly and less stressfully”
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“Thank you for a very informative course. It was concise, to the point and very clear. I found the instructor particularly easy to listen to.”
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“I learned to be more aware of my own well being and its importance as not just as a teacher but as a wife and mother.”
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“Easy to listen to. Makes you think about how much overthinking you can do”
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“A very important couse for my life and tools that I will use to recognise my state of mind and recognising how it fluctuates throughout the day.”
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“I liked how the instructor broke the course down into different sections. She was very clear and her simple explanations were very easy to follow. She used personal experiences which are very relatable. Her synopsis was very well structured and detailed.”
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“Having the tools to deal with stress is an important factor to becoming a successful educator and having a healthy life work balance.”
Ages and Stages of Development Self Esteem / Drivers of Behaviour / L.E.A.V.E. Approach
What viewers say about our Behaviour 101 course
“I feel that i can use my new knowledge in the classroom and for my own self-growth.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour 101 course
“Lots! Simple approaches to use in the classroom. Helped me to understand myself and how my own mindset could have an affect on my classroom.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour 101 course
“I learned a great deal about the stages of development of behaviour, and I did not realise that these stages occur throughout your life and not just in your early years.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour 101 course
“I liked the way it was presented. I liked the ways to look at behaviour and I especially liked the scenarios there were giving and how to approach the behaviour.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour 101 course
“Teaches simple techniques on how to approach children that might be struggling with their thoughts and behaviours.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour 101 course
“Potential approaches in how to deal with ‘challenging behaviour’ and the need to be aware of your own state of mind when/before dealing with it.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour 101 course
“I liked Jacci’s down to earth approach and her clear way of explaining things”
