Jacqueline McDowell, BACP

Jacqueline McDowell is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and relationship worries. She works with people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and other life changes that feel hard to carry. Jacqueline uses a straightforward, calm style and draws on creative ideas from her background as an artist. Jacqueline holds registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, often shortened to BACP. She has four years of clinical experience and keeps her work practical and person-centred. Sessions are about what matters to the individual and moving at a pace that feels safe. Her approach draws on several well-known methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas. She brings mindfulness and client-centred ways of working into sessions, and can use creative exercises when that helps someone express difficult feelings. Jacqueline helps people tackle a wide range of concerns such as addictions, intimacy-related problems, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting stress, anger, low self-esteem and career worries. She also supports people with more specific issues like abandonment, body image, chronic illness and caregiver strain. People can expect a conversational, non-judgemental space where Jacqueline listens and offers practical tools alongside reflective work. Her style is collaborative - she helps clients decide what to try next and checks in about what is useful.

How Jacqueline’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes because it focuses on what matters to the person rather than getting stuck on difficult thoughts.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and how early experiences can affect closeness and trust. This approach can help with intimacy-related issues, communication problems and feelings tied to abandonment or caregiving roles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jacqueline will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and practical needs, and together they will try methods that suit the situation. The collaboration makes it easier to adapt techniques if something is not helping.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking because formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can fit into busy lives by reducing travel time and making scheduling easier, and it also offers options for shorter check-ins or sessions without video when that is preferable. Ask about current session options so arrangements match everyday needs.