About Jennifer
Jennifer Mcpherson (Norman) helps people who are struggling with relationship problems, family tensions, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues. She also supports those facing depression, anxiety, stress, addictions and grief. With 25 years of experience, she aims to make the first steps towards change feel manageable and hopeful.
Her style is straightforward and warm. She treats each person as the expert in their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
How Jennifer works
Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals rather than jargon. Expect calm listening, honest feedback and collaborative planning. Jennifer draws on a mix of approaches to suit different needs.
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify values and act on them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) supports people to spot and change patterns that keep problems going. Attachment-Based ideas help when early relationships affect current difficulties.
She has worked across many issues related to identity and relationships, including LGBT concerns, parenting strain, adoption and foster care matters, and intimacy or kink-related questions. She also works with people facing chronic illness, caregiving stress, body image and eating or sleeping difficulties. Jennifer is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Sessions are offered in English and she sees international clients. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. To start, clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.
Jennifer lists 18 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages people to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and to choose actions that match their values. It often helps with anxiety, depression and life changes by focusing on what matters most. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, low mood and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current bonds and helps people build more supported ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals and preferences in the first sessions and then try methods that seem to fit. That means clients and therapist decide together which techniques to use and adjust them over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility that suits busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or people prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, short coaching-style support or those who express themselves better in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caring responsibilities or travel schedules.
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