Janny Juddly
Relationship Therapist in Shepshed

My Journey

As a child, I used to sit in an earth cave created by the upended roots of a fallen tree on the bank of a slow moving river, and watch the water flowing. It was like being in a womb, the roots around and above me feeling like veins. An intense warmth would flood my body, starting in my upper legs and gradually spreading throughout my whole being. Back then, I called it ‘the hug,' I always felt like there was something I knew, but couldn't quite remember. It was as if everything around me was alive, that it could talk to me, and that I was a part of it. That I was someone I should know, but had forgotten.



Years later, as a spiritual seeker familiar with such phenomena, I now know that this ‘hug' was an experience of merging with the greater mind, the consciousness that is called by many names, a profoundly visceral experience of communication with what I would now call Oneness. And that the ‘someone' was my Soul Signature' - who I was and am beyond time and space.



And in the years following, I forgot. Just as we all do. Life happened. Pain, loss, trauma, fear, shame - the dust and rubble of living a human life fell on top of that beautiful knowing. This time/space illusion, in all its relentless brutality, became convincingly real.



Years ago, Plato coined the word ‘anamnesis' - a remembering of all we knew before birth. Children are great rememberers, I think. They are not so long into incarnation that they have lost touch with the Oneness out of which they emerged. They stand in their cot, delightedly watching and pointing to phenomena we can no longer see; they talk animatedly to guides here to ease them from one reality to another. They talk of what happened before. And, because we have forgotten, we call it imagination, pretend play.



As a psychotherapist of 30 years and energy worker, I'm familiar with forgetting. We incarnate eagerly, up for the adventure, still remembering we are not alone here. Then trauma hits, life becomes real, and forgetting sets in. Only as we are close to returning home, nearing death, does the veil lift once again. Even then, just as with children, we are met with scepticism, ‘logical' explanations from those who have still forgotten.



As that same psychotherapist and energy worker, now a spiritual seeker also, who continues to experience transformative mystical experiences, I have found myself pondering this process of forgetting and remembering.



Why does it happen? Are we meant to forget? Does it serve a purpose? Since I believe that nothing is accidental, within a Universe I know to be conscious, there had to be meaning and significance to this universal process.



My search for an answer has led me to read and discuss widely, considering the latest research in neuroscience, transpersonal psychology, studies into the nature of consciousness, mystical and spiritually transformative experiences, energy and quantum physics, and the nature of ‘reality' itself. In the process, I have encountered the most amazing minds, thinkers outside the box. And I have become convinced that we are on the cusp of the greatest paradigm shift there has ever been.



That shift is one that is moving away from the prevailing world of materialistic reductionism with its rigid tunnel vison and resistance to any ideas which fall outside its narrow framework. Human consciousness is expanding to accomodate a new reality, that of a conscious, creative, expanding Universe in which everything is interconnected, the very fabric of which is composed of love.



How does forgetting and remembering fit into this paradigm? I believe that this conscious Universe expands through experiencing itself in an infinite variety of forms. I believe that we - as souls become form for a while - are part of that process; and that the only way we can fully immerse ourselves in a human experience is to temporarily forget all that we truly are.



Three years ago, a mainstream publisher, Welbeck (now Hachette), contacted me out of the blue saying they'd come across my work and loved it. They wanted me to write a book about healing. Not how to heal from this, or from that, but from a much bigger perspective. Simply how to heal.



The resulting book, YOU CAN REMEMBER WHO YOU WERE BEFORE LIFE MADE YOU FORGET' invites the reader to explore their own human journey through those eyes, and the lens of that awareness. The many tearful messages of recognition I have received, and the amazing reviews, would seem to confirm that its message and the healing it offers is timely.

Background & Relationship Therapy Qualifications

My experience

My experience as a therapist spans over 30 years, and inevitably that experience is therefore rich and varied and substantial. Throughout this time, I have maintained a significant private practice alongside working as a psychotherapist, supervisor, trainer and group facilitator in a variety of other settings.



I worked initially as a counsellor at the University of Leicester Counselling Service, working both with undergraduate and postgraduate students and staff.



I have also worked extensively in the statutory and charity sectors, working both with individuals and within teams. I have also worked with young people with special needs, and also with their families and the staff supporting them.



I have worked within companies and within teams in the private sector, providing support and training to employees experiencing personal difficulties which were impacting on their work, and still continue to be invited to do so. I have also supported staff in the statutory sector undergoing stressful or traumatic events, and have regularly run away days with the purpose of helping teams and the individuals within them process and come to terms with emotionally challenging experiences, especially for social services and the police.



Shortly after graduating as a psychotherapist, I was invited to become involved in the Counselling and Psychotherapy Programme at Leicester University. I initially taught on the Counselling Certificate, and then progressed to supervising and facilitating personal development groups as a group therapist.



I was appointed Director of the MA in Counselling in 1998, and maintained that post until leaving to set up in full-time private practice in 2004. I have been in full-time private practice since that time.

Increasingly, my focus has been on issues arising on our spiritual journey, and my practice has evolved into one that is more transpersonal and psychospiritual.

My Specialisms

Trauma

Spirituality

Stress

Relationships

Parent/child relationships

Panic Attacks

Anxiety

Depression

Identity

Domestic Violence

Sexuality

Adult Trauma

Childhood trauma

Serious or chronic illness

Pain management

Abuse

Social Anxiety

Bereavement

Depression

Life Crises

Confidence

Self-Esteem

Spiritual Crisis

Approach to Relationship Therapy & How I Work

My initial training was psychodynamic. However, within that training there was significant emphasis placed upon the theory and practice of other models.



These included:

Transpersonal

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

Transpersonal Therapy

Psychospiritual Psychotherapy

Humanistic Psychotherapy

Brief Solution-Focussed Therapy

Gestalt

Person-centred

Cognitive Analytical Therapy (CAT)

Drama Therapy

Integrative Psychotherapy

Holistic Psychotherapy



In practice, my theoretical model is a holistic and integrative one, and I adjust my model and way of working to the needs of each individual client.

I'm increasingly drawn to the Internal Family Systems Model, and have undergone further training in this. Hailed by leading edge researchers and thinkers in trauma, it's the most effective, evidence-based model I have encountered. Bessel Van Der Kolk has called it "the ground-breaking, must - have therapy model that every trauma therapist should learn!"



I am committed to providing a safe, respectful, lively and engaging space for you. My style is warm and friendly, but you will also find me very open, honest, challenging and insightful, and an active partner in your healing process.



My approach is holistic, and this means that I shall see you, and treat you, as a complex human being, mind-body-spirit. I shall see you as being many parts, many experiences, the sum total of all of these having brought you to where you are right now. And I shall hold you to be capable of healing yourself, and of having all the resources you need inside you.



All you need is my active company, support and expertise. And that you will have.

Therapies & Rates

Please note the rates detailed below are there to give you an idea of the therapists standard rates, we strongly advise you contact the therapist for more detailed rates and any offers they may have.

Therapy	Appointment Type	Rate
Psychotherapy	Online/Telephone	£72 per 50 minutes
Reiki	Online/Telephone	£72 per 50 minutes
Energy Medicine	Online/Telephone	£72 per 50 minutes
Mindfulness	Online/Telephone	£72 per 50 minutes
Life Coaching	Online/Telephone	£72 per 50 minutes
Relationship Therapy	Online/Telephone	Please Call
Meditation	Online/Telephone	Please Call
Tension and Trauma Releasing	Online/Telephone	Please Call
Healing	Online/Telephone	Please Call