Jean Briscoe
Experienced counsellor for trauma and life changes
About Jean
Jean Briscoe is a counsellor with 20 years of experience in the United Kingdom. She is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, BACP. Jean has worked across the NHS, independent practice and employee assistance programmes, and brings a calm, straightforward manner to sessions.
Her work focuses on everyday stresses and deeper concerns. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief and anger. She also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, chronic illness, body image and issues linked to neurodivergence such as ADHD and autism.
Background and approach
Jean also addresses relationship and intimacy-related difficulties and concerns connected to parenting and career changes. Jean usually blends client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques and solution-focused work. She aims to create a respectful, non-judgemental space and lets people set the pace.
Sessions are practical and aimed at helping people make manageable changes in their daily lives. Over two decades she has developed experience with more specialised themes such as amputation-related trauma, multiple sclerosis, caregiver stress, adoption and foster care issues, and ageing and geriatric concerns. She also works with people from LGBT backgrounds and those coping with co-morbidity or chronic pain.
If someone wants to begin she asks them to describe what matters most and what they hope to change. Jean then tailors the approach so it fits that person’s goals and rhythm. She focuses on small steps that build clearer thinking and better coping.
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Jean uses client-centred therapy to prioritise the person’s experience, offering attentive listening and empathy so people feel heard and valued. This approach helps when someone needs to explore feelings and priorities without pressure.She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical strategies for managing anxiety, low mood and unhelpful behaviour patterns. CBT sessions often include simple exercises to practise between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jean works collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person’s goals and preferences. Together they review progress and adjust techniques so the therapy remains relevant and useful.
Online sessions include video calls, phone conversations, live chat and text-based messaging, giving several ways to stay in touch. Video calls are useful for deeper discussions and visual cues. Phone sessions suit people who need a flexible option or have lower bandwidth. Live chat or messaging can be used for brief check-ins, coaching-style support or when a shorter, written format is easier to manage. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family or mobility needs, while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
| 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
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
