Jessica Townsend, BACP

Jessica Townsend offers straightforward, compassionate support for people facing anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, depression and a range of life challenges. She is introduced by name and presents a calm, person-centred style that aims to make talking about difficult things easier. Her approach is practical and collaborative to help people make change step by step.

She brings seven years of experience and works from a BACP registration. Jessica combines different therapy ideas to suit the person in front of her rather than relying on one fixed model. That means sessions can focus on understanding patterns from the past, learning new ways to manage thoughts and feelings, or exploring relationship patterns that keep causing pain.

In sessions she aims to create an open, non-judgemental space for people to talk through worries and consider next steps. Conversations often look at unhelpful habits and practical ways to change them, alongside noticing how earlier experiences shape current choices. Hypnotherapy and mindfulness ideas may be used alongside talking therapies when helpful.

Jessica also supports people with grief, trauma and loss, addictions, eating and sleep concerns, parenting strain and career stress. Additional interests include hoarding, obsessive and compulsive difficulties, jealousy and postpartum depression. She will work with each person to set clear goals and revisit them as progress is made.

To begin, people are asked to use the site Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire. Scheduling follows from that initial match and the therapist's available times.

How Jessica’s approaches can work online

Attachment-based work focuses on how past relationships shape current feelings and behaviour. Online conversations can help people notice repeated patterns and try new ways of relating in everyday life.

Client-centred therapy emphasises a warm, non-judgemental relationship and listening that helps people feel heard. That approach fits well with regular online sessions where the counsellor reflects back what matters and supports people to notice small changes.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and actions keep problems going and teaches practical tools to change them. In online sessions clients can learn techniques, experiment between meetings and review progress together.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jessica will help decide which methods suit a person's goals and preferences, and she adapts methods as progress is made. The choice is collaborative and reviewed over time.

If you are considering online therapy, check the current session options before booking as formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments around busy schedules, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Registered and accredited professionals can deliver the same structured therapies remotely, with practical tools and between-session tasks that support lasting change.