Jessica Sullivan, BACP
Jessica Sullivan is a BACP counsellor with 20 years' clinical experience.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and Abuse
- +13 more
About Jessica
Jessica Sullivan is a BACP counsellor with 20 years' clinical experience. She focuses on practical change and helps people find ways to cope with difficult feelings and life events. Jessica aims to draw out the resilient parts of each person so they can take small, steady steps forward.
Jessica trained originally as a psychodynamic psychotherapist and often works in an open-ended way to look at difficulties that have roots in childhood.
Background and approach
She also offers a shorter, solution-focused approach when someone wants a forward-looking plan to address a current problem. Her background includes workplace counselling, so she understands how job stress, grief, bullying or traumatic incidents at work can affect daily life. Jessica also has experience supporting people with the emotional aspects of long-term illness, including cancer and diabetes-related lifestyle change.
As part of an initial assessment she may use well-known measures such as the GAD-7, PHQ-9, HADS or IES-R to help clarify current needs. She can discuss what these questionnaires mean and how they might guide work together. Jessica's clinical experience covers depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal ideation, eating and food-related issues, relationship and intimacy concerns, and trauma including sexual abuse.
She also works with communication problems, attachment concerns and the stresses of caregiving and bereavement. Her style is pragmatic and compassionate. Sessions tend to be straightforward and focused on what someone wants to change.
Jessica supports people as they try new ways of coping and build on their strengths.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 11023 | August 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Jessica works with
Everything Jessica lists, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Jessica lists
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Online support
Solution-Focused Therapy is brief and goal oriented. It concentrates on what you want to be different and on small practical steps to get there, which can work well in shorter video or phone sessions when someone needs a clear plan.
Finding the right approach is part of the journey. Jessica will collaborate with each person to decide whether a longer psychodynamic route, a shorter solution-focused plan, or a mix suits their needs and preferences. This is discussed together so goals and methods feel useful and realistic.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion, phone sessions suit those with lower bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options help people fit counselling around work, caregiving and daily life while keeping the focus on progress and accessible support.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems can Jessica help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, stress and eating or body image problems.
How would she approach therapy with me?
Jessica blends an open-ended psychodynamic perspective with solution-focused work when appropriate. She uses psychodynamic work to look at patterns from earlier life and a solution-focused approach for short-term goal planning.
What is her professional background?
She has 20 years of experience working as a therapist and supervisor, and has also worked as a workplace counsellor supporting work-related stress and trauma.
Where does she practise and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is listed with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she works with people based in the United Kingdom.
What formats of online sessions are available?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits the person best.
How are fees and the first steps handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to availability.
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