Jessica Orwin
Person-centred counsellor who listens and reflects
About Jessica
Jessica Orwin uses a person-centred way of working to help people make sense of stress, anxiety, relationships and life changes. She is warm and straightforward in approach. She aims to give people space to talk through painful feelings and uncertain situations without judgement.
She offers short-term and longer conversations that focus on what matters to the individual. Sessions explore mood, grief, self-esteem and issues such as addictions or eating concerns.
Background and approach
Relationship difficulties, communication problems and feelings of isolation are often part of the work she does with clients. Jessica’s background includes three years of counselling experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP. That registration means she works within recognised professional standards.
Her practice combines client-centred listening with psychodynamic ideas about how past experiences shape present feelings. That mix helps people understand patterns such as attachment worries, abandonment fears or dependent and avoidant tendencies. Practical conversation is balanced with attention to deeper emotional material.
Sessions can cover a wide range of topics including anger, body image and coping after bereavement. She also supports people exploring LGBT issues, blended family concerns, fatherhood difficulties, cancer-related distress and forgiveness work. The focus is on helping each person clarify goals and find steps that feel manageable.
Jessica works in English and accepts international clients. She uses video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging so people can choose the format that fits their day-to-day life.
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Sessions & fees
How Jessica blends person-centred and psychodynamic work online
Jessica uses client-centred work to create a listening space where the person’s own concerns lead the conversation. This approach focuses on empathy, acceptance and supporting people to feel heard, which can help with anxiety, self-esteem and relationship worries.She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences shape current patterns. That perspective helps people notice recurring problems such as attachment worries, abandonment fears or dependent and avoidant tendencies, and then make different choices in everyday life.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Jessica will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs with each person and adapt the style of sessions so it fits the issue and the individual. This means therapy can be shaped over time as understanding grows.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more visual contact helps. Phone sessions are useful for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer typing or need brief, frequent communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.
| 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
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
