Jackie Chester
Client-centred counsellor for practical support
About Jackie
Jackie Chester uses a client-centred approach to help people make sense of difficult feelings. She works in a calm, straightforward way and focuses on what each person brings to the room. Jackie speaks plainly and aims to make first steps feel easier to take.
Jackie has 17 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP accreditation, which is noted as a professional credential. Her practice focuses on stress, anxiety, depression and mood disorders, as well as addictions and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, grief and relationship concerns. Jackie pays attention to issues around intimacy, body image and eating. Other areas of focus include anger, impulsivity, obsessive-compulsive tendencies and phobias.
Jackie works with people facing co-morbidity, personality-related difficulties, dependent personality patterns and codependency. She also has experience with domestic violence, hoarding and guilt or shame that can follow difficult life events. Her background includes work related to veterans and armed forces issues.
In sessions Jackie listens without judgement and follows each person at their own pace. She aims to help people name what is hard, try small changes and build on what works. Practical conversations about coping, choices and steps forward are a regular part of her work.
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Sessions & fees
Client-Centred approaches and online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience through listening and reflecting what they say. It helps people feel heard and build confidence to name difficult feelings, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, trauma and issues with self-esteem.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jackie will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and together they decide what to try. This collaborative way helps adapt sessions as things change over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets people talk face to face when that is helpful. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing, want more frequent brief contact, or need time to put feelings into words. These options make therapy flexible and easier to fit around work, family or busy schedules.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
