Jessica Townsend, BACP

Jessica Townsend is a person-centred, integrative counsellor with 7 years of professional experience. She blends therapeutic models, skills, and techniques to suit each person's needs, adapting methods to fit what a client brings and what will be most helpful for them.

She places strong emphasis on the therapeutic relationship, viewing it as central to effective work. Jessica aims to provide a non-judgmental and empathic space where individuals can explore their thoughts and feelings and work toward greater clarity and self-understanding. She encourages clients to examine immediate concerns while also identifying patterns that may be affecting relationships and day-to-day functioning.

Jessica works psychodynamically, attending to the ways past experiences can influence present behaviour and choices. Increasing awareness of those influences is used to support change and to help people move toward their potential. Her approach is collaborative, drawing on the client's own resources while offering structure and guidance where needed.

Areas of expertise include anxiety, stress, depression, bereavement and loss, self-esteem difficulties, trauma, work-related issues including post-traumatic stress, social anxiety, child-related concerns, and addiction. Her clinical approaches include Person-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

She holds the BACP credential, indicating membership in the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and uses that professional framework to inform her practice and ongoing development.