David Jackson
Experienced integrative counsellor focused on relationships and wellbeing
About David
David Jackson works from an integrative, client-centred approach that draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. He combines practical strategies with open conversation to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship or intimacy concerns. His style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at making small changes that add up over time.
He has ten years of experience and is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, abbreviated as BACP.
Background and approach
That background informs how he structures sessions and the professional standards he follows. He also has experience as a counselling supervisor, which shapes his reflective and thoughtful practice. Sessions focus on what matters to the individual.
David will listen first, then suggest ways to test new behaviours and new ways of thinking. He uses techniques from cognitive behavioural work alongside acceptance-based ideas to help people cope with difficult feelings and rebuild routine and purpose.
He has specialist interest in relationship and sexual issues, and in matters such as parenting strain, career pressure, ADHD, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue and long-term health challenges. He tailors the mix of approaches to each person rather than offering a one-size-fits-all model. Work with him includes short-term coaching-style plans or longer therapeutic conversations depending on need.
Sessions are offered from the United Kingdom and take place using remote formats, so people can choose video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability. The subscription-based arrangement can be cancelled at any time.
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Sessions & fees
How David’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small committed actions that move a person towards a life they want, which can be useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and introduces straightforward exercises to test unhelpful beliefs. This approach is practical for stress, panic, low mood and many day-to-day worries.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy centres on the experience of emotions in relationships and aims to deepen emotional understanding and connection. It is often used when intimacy or relationship patterns are causing distress.
Choosing the right approach is a shared task. The therapist will listen to the person's goals and preferences, and then suggest methods to try. They will adjust the plan over time so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions offer flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing expressions matters. Phone sessions can suit those with limited bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat or text messaging provide short check-ins or ongoing written reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
