Jacqueline Leydon, BACP

Jacqueline Leydon welcomes people who are under pressure or feeling stuck. She writes in a direct, compassionate way and understands how hard it is to ask for help. Jacqueline makes space for honest conversation and offers steady support for practical next steps.

She draws on eight years of clinical experience and works from a person-centred, integrative stance. That means the focus is on the person in front of her, not a rigid set of techniques. Jacqueline mixes approaches to suit each person’s situation rather than following a single formula.

Her background includes lived experience with ADHD, autism, childhood trauma, sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, addiction and grief. Those experiences shape how she listens and how she builds trust with people who have found it hard to feel believed.

Jacqueline uses methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Attachment-Based work, Existential thinking and Client-Centred counselling. She aims to help people notice patterns, make values-based choices, and try small changes that can ease day-to-day life.

She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, anger, and the effects of loss or separation. There are also focused areas such as attachment worries, codependency, caregiver stress, and coping after disasters.

Jacqueline is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works from the United Kingdom. She speaks English and will help people decide the best next step for them.

How Jacqueline’s approaches work in online counselling

Jacqueline uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values. ACT is useful for anxiety, low mood and patterns that keep people stuck.

She also draws on Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current responses. This can help when trust, abandonment or intimacy are causing repeated problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jacqueline will discuss goals, preferences and what feels helpful, and then try approaches that fit the person rather than insisting on one method. That collaborative planning is ongoing as needs change.

If you are considering online counselling, check which session formats are offered before booking. Confirming options will make it easier to choose what fits your life and routines. Online sessions can make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so appointments are easier to keep. Registered or accredited professionals can tailor length and frequency to help people manage work, family and other commitments.