About Jennifer
Jennifer "Jeni" O’Donnell is a psychotherapeutic counsellor and coach who aims to offer a warm, supportive space for people to talk about what matters most. She uses a friendly, down-to-earth style and focuses on making sessions practical and understandable. Jeni holds the NCPS credential, which is shown as NCPS, and brings three years of experience to her work.
Jeni helps people with stress and anxiety, grief and bereavement, self-esteem and motivation, and a wide range of relationship and family concerns.
How Jennifer works
She also supports those coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, addictions, ADHD and intimacy-related issues. Other areas she addresses include anger, sleeping problems, eating-related concerns, and feelings of emptiness. Her way of working is client-centred and pluralistic.
That means she listens first, then shapes sessions around each person’s needs. She draws on different therapeutic ideas to create a plan that feels useful for the individual. In sessions Jeni aims to talk through immediate problems and build practical steps forward.
She offers space for exploring past patterns when that helps clarify present difficulties. The pace is set by the person attending and by what feels manageable at the time. Jeni practises from the United Kingdom and conducts work in English.
People can expect a straightforward, compassionate approach that combines coaching and counselling skills to support healing and growth.
Jennifer lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Jennifer works with
The areas below are the ones Jennifer selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions. It helps people understand patterns in their close relationships and feels useful for those who struggle with trust or fear of abandonment.Client-Centred Therapy places the person and their experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor offers empathic listening and reflects what matters to the client, helping them find their own solutions to issues such as low self-esteem or life transitions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, manage anger and change unhelpful patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jeni will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try. This collaborative process may combine elements from different approaches as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by registered or accredited professionals and can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are close to face-to-face contact, phone sessions can fit into a short break or require less bandwidth, and messaging options allow check-ins or reflection between live sessions. These formats give flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving or geographical distance, while still focusing on meaningful progress.
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