About Jackie
Jackie Chester is a counsellor who uses a client-centred approach to help people manage stress and anxiety. She draws on 17 years of professional experience in the UK and aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable. Jackie writes plainly and listens closely to what a person brings to the room.
She supports people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. Jackie also helps with relationship difficulties, grief, intimacy-related issues and eating concerns.
Background and approach
She works with mood-related problems such as bipolar disorder, panic attacks and phobias, and with behaviours linked to obsessions and compulsions. Jackie focuses on practical conversations that make day-to-day life easier. Sessions explore thoughts, feelings and reactions to give people clearer choices about how to cope.
She pays attention to how guilt, shame, impulsivity or co-morbidity can affect recovery and everyday function. Her background includes work with issues like body image, codependency and dependent personality patterns, and she has experience addressing domestic violence and substance-related problems. Jackie also has experience with veteran and armed forces issues and with hoarding concerns.
People meet her for steady, non-judgemental support and straightforward tools to manage problems. She encourages small steps and practical strategies that fit into a person’s life. If someone is unsure where to begin, Jackie will help them focus on the most pressing concerns.
How client-centred work translates to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person rather than on labels. The therapist listens without judgment, reflects what is heard, and helps the person find their own solutions. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, self-esteem and relationship concerns because it builds trust and clarity.In practice Jackie helps people name their feelings, spot patterns and try small changes. She uses simple, conversational techniques to help with coping skills for panic, low mood or addictive urges. Together they decide which steps feel realistic and helpful, and adapt the work as needs change.
Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. Jackie will talk through goals, preferences and practicalities to choose how to work together. She encourages people to be part of that choice so therapy matches their life and aims.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different situations. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be quicker and use less bandwidth, and messaging supports short check-ins or ongoing contact between live sessions. These options give flexibility to fit sessions around work, travel or family commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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