My Profile: Jayne Briggs - Jayne Briggs - Life Solutions - Life Coaching

As a motivational life coach, person centred counsellor and Reiki practitioner, I have lived and worked in Sheffield for most of my life. I am married with 3 adult daughters, whom I love spending time with.

My telephone coaching practice is run privately from home, and I run my counselling practice and sometimes see coaching and Reiki clients from business premises in Sheffield.  I also work from two other holistic therapy centres in Sheffield and Barnsley. 

My qualifications in Life Coaching, are the NCFE Certificate in Life Coaching and the accredited EXEDEL BTEC Level 3 qualification, which were both obtained from Newcastle College. I have also done a weekend personal coaching course with The Coaching Academy.

As a qualified counsellor, I hold various certificates in person centred theory including the ABC Level 4 Diploma.   Since completing my diploma I have studied Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, (a cognitive therapy model founded by the late Albert Ellis, a well known american psychologist), which helps people to become more rational thinkers and develop unconditional self-acceptance. 

Rational Emotive behaviour therapy helps clients look at their limiting beliefs and behaviour patterns and helps them overcome fear and anxiety.  I integrate this model into my counselling work, and find it works with many of my clients who are suffering from stress related health conditions.

In September this year, I have continued further study by embarking on a degree course (BSc Integrative Counselling), which I am enjoying immensely.

Through personal and spiritual development, I have learned, over recent years, how to manage and deal with various stressful situations.  Subsequently, my interest in helping people to handle stress, and deal with it more effectively, led to my attaining a Diploma in Stress Management Training.  I have developed my skills in this area through counselling, coaching and doing various courses with sme's, community and charity organisations.  I am looking to develop this area of my work by sharing my expertise through courses, offered to larger corporate organisations.

As part of my spiritual development, I completed the first two stages of training to become a Reiki Master, in 2006 and 2007 and hold qualifications in first and second degree Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki healing.   Having recently introduced 'Reiki Gatherings', as an additional service, to my clients, I have felt privileged to be able to help ease a client's pain, whether it be physical, emotional or mental, with the use of spiritual healing.  However, it is important to understand that it is not 'I' personally, who is responsible for this healing, I am merely an instrument for the healing that is channelled through God, (or the 'Universal Source', if you prefer to call it that).

In April of this year, I pledged my life to God by becoming a Christian and so I am aware of the responsibility that comes with helping people, whether it be through counselling, coaching or spiritual healing.

If you have never experienced 'spiritual healing' before, and find that conventional medicine does not seem to be working, then why not give it a try?  However, sometimes people can fear the unknown.  Therefore, if the thought of having Reiki frightens you then fear not, Reiki is not harmful, neither is it a cure, it simply serves to uplift and revive you and balance your body's energy system.  Reiki is one of the many holistic therapies that are available to sick and terminally ill patients in hospices throughout the country, as many doctors are now recognising that holistic therapies are an additional benefit to conventional medicine and patient care.  Clients who have experienced Reiki healing report back saying they felt much calmer and the physical pain they were experiencing, seemed to ease off somewhat, over a short period of time.

Whatever form of therapy you seek via Life Solutions, you can be assured that your autonomy will not be compromised and you will be treated with the utmost respect.  I pride myself on the level of service I provide to all my clients, as the testimonies on my website advocate.

As a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, I work to their ethical framework and carry a full and up to date certificate for public liability insurance.  I am also registered with the Data Protection Agency and do not store any confidential information electronically.

Each and every one of us experiences difficulties or challenges on our life path, but the one thing I have learned is that whatever challenges life throws at us, there is always a lesson to be learned from it.  Also, 9 times out of 10 when we are forced to go through difficult times, you can guarantee something good will always come of it.  So, if you are going through a challenging time right now, don't despair.   As a Christian, I can recommend the power of prayer, because I do believe in miracles and God has proven to me, many times, that he is always there and ready to help when you call upon him for assistance.