Jessica Townsend, BACP
7 years in practice
Jessica Townsend is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and low mood.
License and registration
- BACP
- 384679 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Jessica
Jessica Townsend is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and low mood. She aims to make the first conversation straightforward and calm. Jessica uses straightforward language and listens without judgment so people can talk about what matters most to them.
She blends several approaches to match each person's needs. That can mean looking at how past experiences affect current feelings, learning practical ways to change unhelpful thinking, or using mindful techniques to reduce tension.
Background and approach
Hypnotherapy is one of the approaches she may draw on alongside cognitive and attachment-informed work. Jessica has seven years of experience supporting people through grief, relationship difficulties, parenting strain, work stress and addiction-related concerns. She also works with more specific issues such as hoarding, obsessive-compulsive patterns, phobias and postpartum depression.
Her practice includes help for people coping with trauma, compassion fatigue and career-related stress. Sessions are designed to help people notice patterns, find clearer choices and build small, manageable steps forward. She encourages practical skills for sleep, eating and anger, and offers coaching-style focus when people need short-term direction.
Therapy also covers deeper emotional work where that is helpful. People come for a mix of short-term focused work and longer conversations. Jessica aims to create a steady therapeutic relationship so clients can try out new ways of thinking and behaving.
Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Jessica lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Hoarding
- Jealousy
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
Approaches Jessica names
- Hypnotherapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how those early connections shape current reactions; this work helps with relationship strain, intimacy worries and trust issues. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical strategies for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Hypnotherapy involves relaxed, focused attention to help reduce stress and support behaviour change when that fits someone’s goals.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to explore what feels most helpful, trying straightforward techniques first and adjusting as needed. Together they set goals and review progress so the method matches the person's needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, short live chat can suit quick check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and daily routines while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Jessica commonly help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions and trauma. Additional focuses include hoarding, OCD patterns, phobias, postpartum depression and seasonal affective disorder.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Work is person-centred and collaborative. Sessions combine listening with practical techniques from cognitive and attachment-informed approaches and may include hypnotherapy when appropriate.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional experience working with a wide range of emotional and behavioural concerns.
What credentials and location apply to this counsellor?
Jessica is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and situations.
How are costs and payments handled?
Pricing varies with location and the platform subscription used. Sessions run through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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