Jennie Walmsley
Calm, practical support for stress and trauma
About Jennie
Jennie Walmsley offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or major life changes. She writes in a straightforward way and aims to help people make sense of difficult feelings. Jennie uses her experience to help people find clearer ways to cope and communicate.
Her first concern is helping someone feel understood and able to take small steps forward. Jennie is an integrative counsellor, which means she adapts her approach to what each person needs rather than following one single model.
Background and approach
She has three years' experience working with anxiety, depression and trauma and has supported many survivors of sexual assault and abuse. She has also helped people dealing with workplace strain, relationship communication problems, and midlife transitions. Before qualifying as a counsellor she worked for many years in broadcasting, and that background informs her coaching and training work.
She draws on those skills to help people improve confidence and clarify professional roles. Her BACP registration means she follows the standards set out by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Sessions can focus on practical coping skills, understanding patterns such as attachment or shame, and planning realistic steps forward.
Jennie uses everyday language and a measured pace so people can follow along even when they are anxious or upset. She offers sessions in English and works with people based in the United Kingdom. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
What Jennie works with
Sessions & fees
How evidence-based approaches fit into online therapy
Jennie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in adaptable ways to match each person's needs. One common approach she uses helps people manage symptoms of anxiety and depression by teaching practical coping skills and step-by-step behaviour changes. This can be useful for panic, low mood and everyday overwhelm.She also works with trauma-focused methods that help people process distressing experiences safely and build tolerance for difficult memories and sensations. These approaches aim to reduce post-traumatic stress reactions and improve day-to-day functioning. Where attachment or shame are prominent, she uses conversational work to notice patterns and practise alternate ways of relating and speaking about oneself.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jennie will discuss options with each person, try methods that match their goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. The conversation about approach is ongoing rather than fixed from the start.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face discussion when a longer appointment is helpful. Phone sessions can be a good lower-tech option or suit those with limited bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and everyday 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
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
