Hilary Jiggins , BACP

Hilary Jiggins offers straightforward, practical therapy for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, addiction and changes in life. She writes plainly about what therapy looks like and aims to work alongside clients to find realistic, useful steps. Hilary brings 15 years of experience and a humane, compassionate stance to sessions. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.

Hilary draws on a mix of approaches and matches them to each person's needs. She uses evidence-based tools such as cognitive-behavioural work to tackle unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. She also uses client-centred and emotionally-focused ways of working that prioritise the person's own experience and relationships.

Sessions can include practical skills from dialectical behaviour therapy such as emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Hilary also uses solution-focused and motivational interviewing techniques to set achievable goals and sustain change. She is open to using psychometric feedback similar to formats used by the NHS if a client finds that useful, but will adapt methods if someone prefers a different style.

When longer-term exploration seems helpful, Hilary discusses more psychotherapeutic work that looks at how past experiences shape present patterns. She aims to be clear about likely timeframes and will suggest referral to a colleague when a different specialist approach is needed. Her overall aim is to help people reduce distress and move closer to the life they want to lead.

Approaches that guide online therapy

Hilary commonly uses client-centred work and cognitive-behavioural approaches in sessions. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, understanding and reflecting the client's experience so they feel heard and can make their own choices. Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) involves identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and practising alternative ways of responding to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.

She also applies elements of dialectical behaviour therapy, teaching practical skills for emotion regulation and managing distress. These DBT-informed skills can help when feelings feel overwhelming or when patterns of reactivity keep repeating. Together, these approaches aim to balance immediate coping skills with deeper understanding of personal patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist works collaboratively to discuss goals, try different methods and adjust what they do based on what helps most. This shared planning means the approach can change as progress is made.

If you are considering online sessions, check the current session options before booking since the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, reduce travel time and offer comfortable ways to practise skills between meetings. Registered or accredited professionals often adapt activities, worksheets and goal-setting tasks to suit remote meetings and everyday routines.