Counsellor profile
Jessica Douglas, BACP
Counsellor - anxiety and grief
See online counselling options- Transactional Analysis
- Integrative approach
- Single session option
About Jessica
Counsellor Jessica Douglas is a BACP member with four years' practice. She works with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, depression and related concerns. Jessica also supports people dealing with relationship and family issues, trauma and addiction, and a range of mood and behavioural difficulties.
She uses an assimilative, integrative way of working that places Transactional Analysis at its centre. That means conversations focus on patterns of thinking, feeling and relating, while other useful methods are drawn in as needed. Sessions aim to surface what feels most pressing and to look at it in clear, practical ways.
Jessica describes the therapeutic relationship as a straightforward human conversation. She listens and reflects what clients bring, and she asks questions that help clarify how past experience links with present difficulties. This approach is intended to help people make choices about what they want to change and how to try new ways of coping.
She offers flexible options including single-session work, short-term blocks of six to eight sessions, or longer-term work of 20 sessions or more. Session planning and a simple contract are used to set goals and review progress together.
Jessica keeps core hours during weekdays and can consider evening or weekend appointments on request. As part of her BACP practice she will notify clients if illness affects her capacity to work so they can choose to reschedule or postpone sessions.
How Jessica uses evidence-based approaches in online counselling
Jessica places Transactional Analysis at the core of her work. This approach looks at how people relate to themselves and others, and at recurring patterns that affect mood and behaviour. It can help with relationship difficulties, anxiety and low self-worth.She also uses other evidence-based techniques as required. Those methods are chosen to address practical concerns such as panic attacks, mood disorders or workplace stress. Each technique is explained in plain terms and practised together in sessions so clients can see what fits.
Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Jessica discusses goals and preferences in the first meetings and reviews what is working as therapy continues. She will suggest single-session work, short blocks or longer-term planning based on what the client wants to achieve.
The biography does not list specific online formats. Please confirm which session formats are offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work, family and daily life, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often use these practical benefits to help people keep therapy going alongside other commitments.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression, and with related issues such as relationship and family difficulties, trauma, addiction and sleep and eating problems.
What style of therapy does she use?
She is an assimilative, integrative counsellor who uses Transactional Analysis as a core model and draws on other evidence-based techniques as needed.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of professional experience working as a counsellor with a range of emotional and behavioural concerns.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, recorded as BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and 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.
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