Jessica Townsend
Gentle, practical support for life’s pressures
About Jessica
Jessica Townsend offers calm, practical support for people facing anxiety, stress, low mood and major life changes. She works in an empathic, non-judgemental way and focuses on building a trusting relationship so people can talk through what matters most to them. She uses a blend of approaches to match each person's needs.
That might mean exploring how past experiences affect current choices, or using goal-focused strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour.
Background and approach
Sessions are aimed at helping people notice patterns and find clearer ways to cope. Jessica holds BACP accreditation, and she brings seven years of professional experience to her work. She helps people address issues such as depression, grief, addictions, trauma and relationship strain.
Additional focus areas include obsessive-compulsive behaviours, hoarding, postpartum depression and difficulty with intimacy. Her style is person-centred and collaborative. She listens, reflects, and offers practical techniques alongside open conversation.
Where useful she integrates emotionally-focused work and brief hypnotherapy elements into the process. People often come for help with sleep, eating and anger problems, or career and parenting pressures. She also supports those dealing with veteran and armed forces issues, seasonal mood shifts and self-harm concerns.
Jessica aims to help people build insight, manage symptoms and create small changes that fit everyday life.
What Jessica works with
How Jessica works
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that inform online work
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape present feelings and behaviour, helping people understand why they react in certain ways and find different responses. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and empathy, giving people space to tell their story while the counsellor reflects and supports their own decisions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and routines, and teaches simple steps to change them for relief from anxiety, low mood or sleep and eating problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels comfortable, and then try methods that fit the person. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that can change as progress is made.
If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the available session formats before booking. Many people find remote sessions easier to fit into a busy week, need less travel, or allow shorter check-ins when time is limited. Online work can also make it simpler to continue therapy through life changes, and it lets therapists combine conversational approaches with practical exercises and brief hypnotherapy techniques when helpful.
| 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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
