About Jessica
Jessica "Jess" Smith supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strains, family tensions, low self-esteem and ADHD. She introduces herself simply and aims to make early contact easy for a worried parent or person under pressure. Jess works in a warm, relaxed way.
Sessions focus on listening first, then sorting out what matters most to the client. She helps people name problems, spot unhelpful patterns and try small changes that can make day-to-day life easier.
How Jessica works
Her style draws on several well known approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to find and test unhelpful thoughts. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps when relationships and attachment cause pain.
Client-Centred Therapy keeps the work grounded in each person's experience. Jess has three years' experience and holds BACP accreditation. She practises in the United Kingdom and offers work in English only.
She does not take international clients. Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone conversations, live chat or text messaging. Costs vary by location and are managed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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Jessica lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Jessica works with
The areas below are the ones Jessica selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| 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
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of the work, with the therapist offering non-judgemental listening and gentle reflection to help people make sense of their feelings and choices. This approach suits people who need space to be heard and to explore what matters most to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It is often used for anxiety and stress because it encourages short, manageable tasks that can reduce worry and improve daily routines.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps when relationship patterns and attachment wounds cause distress. Online sessions can be used to identify those patterns and practise different ways of showing needs and responding to others.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Jess will work collaboratively to choose methods that match the person's goals, needs and preferences, and she will adjust the plan as the work unfolds.
Online therapy here is offered by registered or accredited professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when needed, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a break at work, live chat gives a quicker back-and-forth, and text messaging suits shorter check-ins and people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and different routines.
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