Jillian Whitham, BACP

Jillian Whitham is a counsellor who uses Client-Centred and Existential approaches to help people facing stress, anxiety and life changes. She brings four years of experience and a BACP registration to conversations about mood, relationships and self‑esteem. Jillian aims to make the first step into counselling feel manageable and straightforward.

Her style is warm and compassionate. She creates a respectful space where clients can talk about what brought them to counselling without fear of judgement. Sessions focus on understanding current struggles and finding practical ways to move forward.

Jillian supports people dealing with depression, motivation problems and confidence issues. She also helps with relationship strain, grief, sleeping problems and career worries. Living with health challenges such as chronic pain, illness or disability is included among her focus areas and can be explored in sessions.

She pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, body image and eating related issues. Other areas she works with include caregiver stress, communication problems, infidelity, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Jillian listens for patterns that keep people stuck and gently challenges unhelpful ways of thinking.

Practical goals are part of the work. Clients and Jillian set realistic steps and check progress each week. This approach is intended to help people build lasting coping skills and clearer choices about their next steps.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Client‑Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the work. The therapist listens closely, reflects what is said and supports clients to find their own solutions. This approach can help with anxiety, low self‑esteem and feeling stuck.

Existential Therapy looks at life choices, meaning and responsibility. It helps when worries centre on identity, emptiness, grief or major life changes by encouraging clear thinking about values and next steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and is decided together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. If one way of working does not fit, adjustments are made collaboratively.

The biography does not specify which online formats are offered, so please confirm session options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit counselling around daily life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check‑in sessions when schedules are tight. It can also make regular sessions simpler to sustain across busy weeks.