Counsellor profile
Jennifer Chigwende, BACP
Counsellor - stress and trauma
See online counselling options- CBT
- DBT
- Narrative therapy
About Jennifer
Counsellor and member of BACP, Jennifer Chigwende has five years of professional experience working with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, self esteem and depression. She works in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. Jennifer presents as someone who listens and helps people talk through what is troubling them.
Jennifer uses practical talking approaches in sessions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people notice patterns, manage difficult feelings and rethink unhelpful stories about themselves. Sessions focus on clear steps people can try between meetings as well as on what comes up in the room.
She aims to work collaboratively. The client’s experience and goals guide what is tried each week. That can mean learning skills to cope with panic or anxiety, looking at how past events affect current relationships, or changing small habits that make life harder.
Jennifer also has an interest in adoption and foster care, chronic illness and pain, and multicultural issues. She supports people dealing with family of origin problems, workplace stress, mood difficulties and social anxiety. These topics often overlap, and she helps people untangle them one step at a time.
If someone is thinking of starting, she asks them to consider what they want from counselling and to be ready to try practical strategies between sessions. There is a short matching questionnaire to begin, followed by scheduling the first appointment.
Therapeutic approaches and online counselling
Jennifer commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in her work. CBT helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours to reduce anxiety and low mood. Trauma-Focused Therapy looks at the effects of past harmful events and uses specific techniques to help lessen their impact on daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jennifer will talk with each person about their needs and preferences and agree which methods to try. That is a collaborative process and can change over time as goals shift.
Practical benefits of online counselling include fitting sessions into a busy week and avoiding travel time. Online sessions can make it easier to attend from different locations and can allow shorter check-ins when needed. The biography does not list session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals can use different arrangements, and Jennifer will discuss which format suits a client when they start.
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self esteem and depression. She also focuses on adoption and foster care, chronic pain and multicultural concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a collaborative, practical approach that combines talking and skill building. Sessions often include steps to try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of professional work experience supporting people with a range of emotional and practical concerns.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Do sessions take place in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with people outside the UK?
She accepts international clients. Check time differences and local regulations when arranging sessions.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.