Jessica Russell
Evidence-based support for stress and identity concerns
About Jessica
Jessica Russell works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people facing stress and anxiety. She uses straightforward conversation and practical steps to support those coping with life changes and confidence issues. Jessica holds BACP registration, and she draws on six years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.
She helps people sort through relationship concerns and communication problems in plain language. Sessions often focus on small, manageable changes to reduce panic attacks and ease everyday worry.
Background and approach
Jessica also supports people exploring sexuality and LGBT matters, and addresses feelings of guilt, shame and isolation. Her approach treats the client as the expert in their own life. She asks questions, listens closely, and offers tools to try between sessions.
The work is collaborative - goals are set together and adjusted along the way. Jessica pays attention to life purpose, workplace strain and the specific pressures women may face. She also helps people build self-love and better self-esteem through practical exercises and compassionate reflection.
Conversations are intended to feel clear and purposeful. Jessica encourages small experiments and reflection homework to help skills stick. This helps people make steady progress toward the changes they want.
What Jessica works with
Sessions & fees
Approaches that guide online sessions
Jessica uses well-established, evidence-based techniques to structure online work. One common approach focuses on helping people recognise and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours, which can reduce anxiety and panic symptoms by teaching practical coping strategies and gradual behaviour changes. Another approach emphasises building emotional awareness and improving communication skills, useful for relationship concerns, guilt and shame, and workplace stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work collaboratively to understand the client's goals, preferences and current difficulties, and will suggest methods that fit those needs. Plans are reviewed and adapted as progress is made so the work remains useful and relevant.
Online sessions use video calls, phone appointments, live chat or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is helpful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging allows ongoing reflections and shorter exchanges between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, travel and busy family 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
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
