Jessica Elson, BACP

Jessica Elson is a counsellor who focuses on relationship problems, grief, intimacy difficulties and life changes. She works with people feeling low self-esteem, anxiety, stress and depression. Her approach aims to create a warm, respectful space where clients can talk through what feels hard right now.

Jessica uses ideas drawn from several ways of working to match each person’s needs. Sessions are shaped around what a client wants to achieve, and she keeps things practical and straightforward. She offers space to explore emotions, talk about difficult events and try different ways of responding to old patterns.

In relationship work she draws on Imago relationship ideas to help communication and rebuild connection. She also brings attachment-focused ways of understanding how close relationships affect feelings and behaviour. These approaches are used alongside client-centred listening and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy tools where helpful.

Her background includes four years of clinical experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That experience includes supporting people facing chronic illness, caregiving strain, cancer, and long-term pain, as well as common life stresses such as career changes and separation.

People who pick Jessica often want a calm, non-judgemental space to sort through relationship patterns, grief or the impact of illness. If that sounds like what you need, she asks you to start by completing a short matching questionnaire and booking a first session.

How Jessica's approaches work online

Attachment-informed work looks at how early relationship patterns affect feelings today and helps people understand why they react the way they do in close relationships; it can be useful for intimacy issues and commitment worries. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and creating an accepting environment where people can talk things through and find their own solutions; this helps with low self-esteem, grief and life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, gives practical tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours, which often helps with anxiety, depression and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that fit a person’s goals and preferences. That means checking in early on what is helpful and adjusting the plan as therapy progresses.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm the session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow short check-ins when needed. They also let people try different ways of working, such as talking through relationship patterns or practising CBT skills between meetings, without committing to long journeys.