Jessica Townsend, BACP

Jessica Townsend is a counsellor who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or relationship strain. She meets people where they are and keeps sessions straightforward and focused. Jessica uses practical conversation and reflection to help clients make small, useful changes to everyday life.

She brings seven years of professional experience and works from a person-centred, integrative stance. That means she listens first, then draws on different approaches to suit each person. Jessica pays attention to how past experiences shape current patterns, and she uses that awareness to help people make clearer choices.

Sessions often focus on spotting unhelpful habits and building simple alternatives. She supports people working through grief, trauma and abuse, low mood, addiction and difficulties with self-esteem. Additional areas she helps with include hoarding, jealousy, obsessive-compulsive patterns, phobias and postnatal difficulties.

Her work blends Attachment-Based ideas, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused thinking alongside client-centred listening and hypnotherapy techniques when helpful. Conversations are aimed at understanding feelings, improving coping and finding practical steps forward.

Jessica describes her role as offering a non-judgemental, empathic space to explore thoughts and feelings. She encourages clients to identify resources they already have and to develop new ways of responding to life changes and relationship challenges.

How Jessica’s approaches translate to online work

Jessica blends Attachment-Based ideas, Client-Centred counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in her practice. Attachment-Based work looks at how early relationships influence current feelings and reactions, which can help with trust, intimacy and jealousy. Client-Centred counselling focuses on listening closely and following the client’s lead so they feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy examines thoughts and actions and supports practical steps to reduce anxiety, manage mood and change unhelpful habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jessica will work collaboratively to decide what methods fit best with a person’s needs, goals and preferences. That choice can change as therapy progresses, and she aims to involve clients in planning the next steps.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the exact formats offered before booking since no specific formats are detailed here. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments around busy days, allow a shorter check-in when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Therapists who work online can use conversational and practical tools from the approaches above to support coping, relationship concerns and emotion regulation.