Janine Hodge

Janine Hodge is a qualified and experienced Integrative Psychotherapist (CPCAB Level 5) practising in the United Kingdom with over seven years of clinical experience. She founded Courage2Be Counselling Services in 2019, which now operates as Courage2Be Coaching & Psychotherapy, and continues to combine psychotherapy and coaching in her work.

As a parent and relationship coach Janine supports people who are coping with anxiety, low mood, self-doubt and emotional overwhelm, often when those difficulties are linked to a fear of showing up as their authentic selves. She is also an experienced counselling lecturer and clinical supervisor, and is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Janine describes having an ADHD superpower for spotting subconscious patterns that keep people stuck, which allows her to explore what is happening beneath the surface while reducing the unhelpful noise that fuels intrusive thought loops. Her practice draws on an integrative mix of approaches, including Self-Actualising Personality Theory, Attachment Theory, Transactional Analysis, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems Theory, Bowen’s Family Systems Theory, psychodynamic therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). This blend enables her to tailor support to each person’s particular needs so therapy and coaching feel safe, effective and empowering.

She often works with the sense of being caught between the person someone shows the world today and the person they wish they could be. That gap can bring shame, self-criticism, anxiety, low self-esteem, overthinking, loneliness and fear. Janine explores how those patterns and beliefs formed through upbringing, relationships and life experiences - including trauma, rejection, abandonment, bullying or unmet emotional needs - and supports clients to heal old wounds so past experiences no longer dictate the present.

Working together, she helps clients investigate current symptoms, identify the beliefs and patterns behind them, understand how those patterns developed and create lasting shifts. Janine supports people to integrate what she sometimes refers to as a new ‘Inner Master Blueprint’ of beliefs, behaviours and responses that promote wellbeing, confidence and healthier relationships. She offers a calm, non-judgmental space where individuals can progress at their own pace with practical tools and compassionate guidance.