About Hilary
Hilary Jiggins is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on anxiety and related concerns. She takes a straightforward approach and aims to work alongside people to find practical ways to reduce distress. Sessions are collaborative and respectful, with an emphasis on kindness and clear explanation of methods.
Hilary draws on a mix of evidence-based and humanistic approaches. She uses cognitive-behavioural techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behaviour, and DBT skills when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed.
Background and approach
She also values longer-term, exploratory psychotherapy when a deeper look at life patterns and relationships is helpful. Her clinical background began in mental health support work 15 years ago. Since then she has worked in counselling roles with charities such as Cruse Bereavement Care and others.
Hilary keeps up to date with research and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance and explains suggestions clearly so clients understand the reasoning behind them. In sessions, practical tools and flexible approaches are offered. If someone dislikes formal exercises like paperwork or homework, Hilary adapts methods to suit the person and uses creative alternatives.
She may offer psychometric measures if a client wants objective tracking of progress. When an issue points to a need for longer-term exploration, she will discuss psychotherapy as an option and be honest about whether a longer course of work might be useful. If a matter falls outside her scope, Hilary will suggest a colleague better suited to the client’s needs.
How Hilary’s approaches work online
Hilary uses cognitive-behavioural therapy and dialectical behaviour therapy skills in ways that suit remote work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours; it can help with anxiety, panic and mood difficulties by teaching practical strategies to manage symptoms. DBT skills training teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness, useful for strong emotions and relationship strain. Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Hilary aims to collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs and preferences. That might mean starting with short-term skills and later moving to more exploratory therapy if that seems helpful. Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are like face-to-face sessions and allow visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping the focus on practical progress.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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