SPECIALIST WOMEN'S PSYCHOLOGY
for every stage of your life's journey.
In the life of every woman, there are many times when it all feels much harder than we ever expected it would - these times can easily leave us feeling lost, worried, unsure of ourselves, or stuck.
You are not alone if any stage of your life has felt harder than you ever thought it would.
There is nothing wrong with you, you are not broken -
Life feels hard sometimes because it is hard, and
we live in a world that often does not acknowledge our needs as women.
This means you are not alone - it's hard for all of us at times,
and none of us were meant to navigate these challenges on our own.
I offer compassion-focussed, trauma-informed, non- pathologising, neuroaffirmative therapy,
through an intersectional feminist lens.
Whatever your reason for working with me, I aim to support you towards a compassionate understanding of your self, and your struggles - to help through grow & thrive through your experience of life's challenges -
not just survive them.
Client feedback:
"Working with Jenny has had the most profound effect on my life and relationships with those that I love...most importantly with myself. I wholeheartedly recommend her to all of you"
- Mum of one, in midlife, who healed her birth trauma through our work together.
"I couldn't recommend reaching out to [Jenny] highly enough. Much healing achieved in the safest of spaces"
- Mum of two, in midlife, who healed early childhood trauma through our work together.
"I am so grateful I got to see you in the past few months. I don’t think I would have been coping very well right now [during the Covid-19 pandemic] if I hadn’t focused on my anxiety back then"
- Mum of two young children.
"You've given me some of the most valuable advice and helped me work through some of the hardest parts of my life and for that I am forever grateful"
- A woman in midlife.
SPECIALIST SERVICES:
My primary passion is to support women to come home to themselves after years of self-abandonment.
To strip back the conditioning of who they have been told they "should be", and to truly begin to know themselves - To "unshame" their experiences they feel they "shouldn't have", and to support them to begin to re-prioritise trusting themselves, and speaking their own authentic truth, instead of continuing to please others &
push their needs to the bottom of the pile.
I support women to step into their full potential & into the power of their life-long, psycho-spiritual development.
Emotional crises (anxiety, depression, rage, guilt, grief, overwhelm & burnout, etc.) are sometimes signs that we have been pushed too far, for too long, away from our own truths about ourselves, and our humanity - they are sometimes a
sign that our needs have been neglected for too long.
And sometimes, things are just emotionally hard because they are hard - either way, our times of crises are often an invitation to bolster our connection to ourselves, grow our self-understanding & adapt our life to our evolving needs.
I provide services that both relieve the emotional health symptoms, and support women to make real, meaningful gains in their own understanding of themselves - so that they can begin to build a life that sustains their emotional & physical health, long into the future.
Within this broad expertise, I have a special interest in these lived experiences of womanhood:
Living in a woman's body
With my background in health psychology, I can support you with the psychological impact of many women’s health concerns - including menstrual & hormonal difficulties (PMS, PMDD), endometriosis & pelvic symptoms, fertility challenges, migraines, and/or the emotional toll of chronic or often misunderstood health conditions.
I can also support you with the psychological side-effects of living with the physical health challenges that surprise so many of us in our lives, such as cancer. Find out more here.
Transitions of Womanhood
As women, we are always becoming, always developing - Becoming an adult, venturing into the workplace, choosing a partner, becoming a mother (or not), having more children (or not), going through a separation or divorce, perimenopause, late-discovery of neurodivergence, etc.
In each of these life-transitions, our sense of ourselves gets really shaken up, and there can be many emotional challenges, alongside opportunities for development - I provide therapy to help you navigate these times.
Healing childhood emotional traumas
Perhaps you're wondering whether the experiences you've had, growing up, may be impacting your relationships in adulthood - from imposter syndrome at work, to people pleasing with your partner or friends, to not being able to say "no" (commonly leading to overwhelm & burnout), to trying to parent in an emotionally aware way, yet continually being triggered in that journey - I can help you explore whether your childhood/past experiences are a part of this puzzle, while also respecting your parent's attempts to do their very best.
Therapy for Therapists & Helping Professionals
Caring for people in our work, and our persona life, can be a lot to carry.
We often want to set limits, and prioritise our self-care, but then we often end up feeling too guilty & those well-intentioned boundaries can easily crumble.
It can also feel hard & painful to acknowledge that we need some TLC too - when we have always been "the strong one".
I offer expert therapy that helps you find that sweet spot between honouring your caring roles AND taking care of yourself as well, while freeing yourself from guilt.
I also support women with the overlap of any/all of the above life experiences.
I work with women throughout the entire adult life-span. I work with women who are mothers, and those who are not (whether through choice, or not). I work with women who identify as neurotypical & neurodivergent.
At whatever stage you are in your life's journey,
I can help you to:
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Get relief from your anxiety, stress and any difficult feelings you are experiencing
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Dramatically reduce the shame you feel, for having experiences that you believe are "not normal" for women
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Bring more compassion to yourself - to your mind, and your body
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Begin to feel more calm & confident
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Begin to believe there is nothing wrong with you for feeling all the hard feelings you think you "shouldn't" be feeling
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Heal from burnout & prevent further burnout
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Reconnect with your intuition
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Begin to believe you are worthy, and "good enough", as you are.
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Have more satisfying relationships, and more.
Whether you have specific goals you'd like to achieve, or whether you've been recently blindsided by life, and you need a safe, supportive space to be held, with all of the emotions that you are trying to hold in everywhere else - I can support you.
I offer online therapy for clients based anywhere in the UK, and I offer in-person appointment to clients
in my gorgeous North Yorkshire consulting room, based in Ripon (near Harrogate and York).
Hi, I'm Jenny - I'm a HCPC-registered, Specialist women's psychologist, and the founder of Mind Body Soul Psychology.
I have more than 15 years experience, working with women, as a clinical psychologist.
I am also the only clinical psychologist in the UK who is trained to facilitate the Brené Brown model of wholehearted living & parenting, which is based on learning to get unstuck from shame - learning to let go of anxiety as a way of life, becoming braver, believing more in your self worth, and cultivating calm and self-trust by practicing the type of emotional resilience that serves you.
More feedback about my services:
"My sessions with you were very productive and really helped me through a difficult time. I feel a sense of understanding and strength that I lacked at the beginning of our sessions"
- Mum of two.
"I have huge admiration for your courage, vulnerability and ability to be true to your values and beliefs whilst being an excellent psychologist ... you have been very powerful in helping me change the ways I conceptualise things"
- Clinical Psychologist & Mum of three.
"Your enthusiasm, and genuine care and consideration, combined with your great skill is invaluable"
- Child Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist & Mum.