Domestic abuse
Sensitive, confidential support for people affected by controlling, frightening or harmful relationships.
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Private & professional care in Plymouth
A calm, confidential space to talk and begin again.
Fitzgerald’s Counselling, led by Jayne Chugg, offers thoughtful counselling for adults, children, young people, couples and families across Plymouth and the wider area.
Whether life feels overwhelming, painful, confusing or simply too heavy to carry alone, Jayne provides a safe, non-judgemental place to explore what is happening and what may help.
Since 2007 counselling experience
NCPS accredited register membership
Flexible face-to-face, phone & online
01Private practice in Plymouth
Face-to-face sessions with flexible alternatives available.
02Online, phone & home visits
Zoom, Teams, telephone and home visits where appropriate.
03Children to older adults
Support for children, teenagers, young adults, adults and elders.
04Calm first step
A free 15-minute consultation can help you decide what feels right.
Jayne ChuggAccredited Counsellor · DCounsPsych · MNCPS Acc.
Meet Jayne
Read about Jayne
Experienced counselling from someone who understands complex lives.
Jayne Chugg has been practising as a counsellor since 2007 and has worked with a diverse range of issues across private practice, mental health, care, autism, domestic abuse, children and adults.
Her approach is warm, confidential and grounded in helping people feel safe enough to talk honestly. Sessions can help you explore personal experiences, problems or feelings that may be weighing on you, then begin to understand what support may help.
Advanced Professional DiplomaPsychotherapeutic Counselling, 2015
Advanced DiplomaPsychotherapeutic Counselling, 2007
NCPSNational Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
Level 5Vulnerable Adults & Children
How counselling can help
Support shaped around real life, not a one-size-fits-all script.
Clients come to counselling for many reasons. Jayne helps people explore what is happening, gain insight and begin creating healthier patterns of behaviour, relationships and self-understanding.
Understand
Make sense of what feels overwhelming
Explore feelings, triggers and patterns in a safe space with someone outside the situation.
Stabilise
Build steadier ways to cope
Develop emotional resilience, grounding strategies and practical next steps at a pace that feels manageable.
Reconnect
Find and connect with inner strengths
Move from feeling stuck towards a more fulfilling life, stronger boundaries and healthier relationships.
Specialist support
Carefully presented support areas, built around Jayne’s experience.
From domestic abuse and trauma to neurodiversity, anxiety, family issues and children’s counselling, the site is built around Jayne’s actual areas of support.
Children & young people
A gentle, age-aware space for children, teenagers and young adults to feel heard and supported.
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Careful trauma-informed counselling that prioritises safety, stabilisation, choice and emotional repair.
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Support for ADHD, autism, learning differences, overwhelm, identity and family understanding.
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Understanding triggers, calming the body and building steadier ways to cope day by day.
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A reflective space for communication, conflict, change, separation and family pressure.
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Gentle support for big feelings
An age-aware space for worries, learning differences, bullying, behaviour concerns and family changes.
For adults
Room to unpack life safely
Support with trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, self-esteem, abuse and relationship patterns.
For families
Understanding patterns together
A place to look at communication, conflict, behaviour, separation and emotional pressure.
Flexible modes of support
Healing does not have to happen in only one place.
Jayne offers face-to-face counselling, telephone sessions, Zoom and Microsoft Teams appointments for adults, with home visits considered where appropriate.
The aim is to make support feel accessible and safe, whether you prefer to meet in person, talk from home or start with a lower-pressure phone conversation.
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Face-to-face
Private sessions in Plymouth for those who value physical presence.
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Online
Zoom or Teams sessions from the comfort of your own space.
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Telephone
Audio-only support when video or travel feels too much.
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Home visits
Considered where appropriate, with alternatives available for accessibility.
Areas Jayne can support
A wide range of counselling support, curated clearly.
AbuseAddictionADHDAlcoholismAnger managementAntisocial personality disorderAnxietyAutismBehaviour problemsBullyingBurnoutCancerCarer supportChildhood anxietyChildren’s learning difficultiesDementiaDepressionDomestic abuseDrug addictionDyslexiaEmotional abuseFamily issuesFeeling sadHealth anxietyLGBTQ+ counsellingLow self-confidenceLow self-esteemMental healthNeurodiversityOlder people’s counsellingPanic attacksPhysical abusePsychosisSexual abuseTraumaYoung people’s counselling
Take a moment
Before moving forward, take three slow breaths.
When you are ready, send Jayne a message. You do not need the perfect words, and you do not need to know exactly what you need yet.