working together on what matters for you…
addressing pain, change, heart break, grief, growth, loss, and all life’s challenges…
When something really doesn't feel right, counselling is a space to meet the parts of us that are stuck or struggling— a place to recalibrate, reorientate, and ask the bigger questions of life.
I offer sessions online across the UK and face to face in Exeter city centre, for adults navigating difficulty in life, and challenges in living well. Sessions are an hour long, and can be a single session, or a scheduled weekly or fortnightly meeting— whatever suits you.
My work is grounded in six years of study and training across cognitive, creative, and relational therapies, based at the Heartwood training centre, and in Plymouth city.
I have supported clients :
deep in complex grief and mourning, to honour what's been lost.
living with complex PTSD, addiction, and trauma— finding anchors, understanding, and a little more room to breathe.
in compassion fatigue and carer’s burnout, to find their way back to rest.
cultivating self-awareness and a new kind of assertiveness, moving toward a less stuck life.
navigating romantic and relationship difficulty, in search of self-acceptance and dignity.
experiencing climate anxiety, global distress, and existential threat— helping cultivate some peace and purpose amid it.
exploring new identity: self expression, boundaries and fresh perspectives emerging with the experience of making room to acknowledge and honour the many dimensions of ones' self.
Our sessions will centre your needs, hopes and struggles, in a way that's self-exploratory and resourcing. Alongside our conversations, I offer gentle education about the nervous system, and we can explore embodiment, and creative processes— tailored to your own way of working— which support change, release old patterns, and open up space for something new.
Online counselling— £50 sessions via Zoom or Google meetings, to help you find lasting clarity and navigate difficulty. Online therapy has proved just as effective—if a little different— to meeting face to face. All you’ll need is some privacy, a device with video, a free Zoom or Googlemail account, and a wi-fi connection.
Face to face counselling— £50 therapy in person, to help you grow in a calm, welcoming space. We'll meet at The Practice Rooms in central Exeter, to use a comfortable and spacious therapy room. We will have privacy to talk and access to art materials, the sand tray, and room to move, if you’d like to explore working in these ways too.
how I work….
Hello, I am Jenny Wellwood. I work with people who wish to explore their life’s journey. Together we talk and create a safe and courageous space to face life’s challenges- past, current, and future.
Each of our lives is precious, and has purpose- but sometimes we get stuck, feeling lost or overwhelmed, and many kinds of terrible. It can be so helpful to know a counsellor is on your side no matter what you are experiencing, is there for hard conversations, and can offer professional confidentiality, and calm in the storm.
My counselling style is gentle but frank. As my client, you choose our direction, and our pace, and I accompany you- offering care and understanding in the service of meeting life’s difficulties.
Together we work to grow a sense of empowerment and to find a way forward in living well, however that looks for you.
professional certification:
• Advanced Diploma in Counselling Level 4, NCPS Accredited, Heartwood Counselling & Psychotherapy Training, 2026
• Polyvagal Trauma Therapy Certificate, The Embody Lab, 2026
• Certificate in Somatic Embodiment & Regulation, Linda Thai, 2026
• Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling, Counselling Tutor, 2025
• Certificate in Diversity, Culture, Race & Anti-Discrimination Practice, #TADF, 2023
• Level 3 Safeguarding Adults & Level 2 Advanced Safeguarding children High Speed Training, 2025
further professional training:
• Therapy in Transition: Working Relationally in the AI Era (conference), Iron Mill, 2025
• Rewiring the Nervous System, The Embody Lab, 2025
• Recovery Reimagined Conference, The Institute for Creative Mindfulness, 2025
• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), LivingWorks, 2024
• Introduction to Polyvagal-Informed Felt Sensing & Focusing, Felt Sense Polyvagal Model Institute, 2026