Jacqueline "Jacky" Ellis, BACP

Jacqueline "Jacky" Ellis is a counsellor with a degree and three years of practice. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Jacky combines practical approaches so she can match support to what each person needs. She aims to offer warmth and understanding in sessions.

Jacky uses a mix of methods including psychodynamic ideas that look at early trauma, humanistic work that focuses on being authentic, and cognitive behavioural techniques for changing unhelpful patterns. She also draws on attachment-oriented thinking, Jungian ideas about meaning, and mindfulness to help people manage distress. Her background includes volunteering at an addiction centre, which informs how she supports people facing substance use concerns.

People contact Jacky for help with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief and low self-esteem. She also works with a broad range of related issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, attachment difficulties, dissociation, eating and food-related struggles, and chronic illness or pain. Jacky describes herself as present, non-judgemental and empathic when people are ready to talk.

In sessions she focuses on what you want to change and how to reach those goals. Conversations look at feelings, past experiences that still affect you, and practical steps to shift patterns. She aims to make the work empowering and accessible.

To begin, people are invited to use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling. Fees vary by location and follow a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

Approaches for online therapy and how they help

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and expectations. It can help when people struggle with trust, safety in relationships or repeating painful patterns. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel understood and can find their own solutions. It is useful when someone needs a calm, accepting space to make changes. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) concentrates on spotting unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and trying practical alternatives, which is helpful for anxiety, stress and low mood.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work and is done together. The therapist will ask about your goals, current difficulties and what feels comfortable, then suggest ways forward. That might mean trying different methods over time until the best fit is clear.

For practicalities, please confirm the session options before booking since the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make fitting sessions around work or family life easier. It can also allow shorter check-ins, avoid travel time and make sessions possible when attending in person is difficult. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, mindfulness practices and CBT tools to remote conversations so the work remains focused on real-life changes.