About Jessica
Jessica Dodd offers support for people feeling anxious, stressed, or overwhelmed by life changes. She helps with anxiety symptoms, stress including workplace strain, relationship difficulties and low self-esteem. Parents and pregnant people will also find support around pregnancy and childbirth related concerns.
She also supports people dealing with grief and compassion fatigue. Jessica introduces a calm and steady presence in sessions. Jessica uses a person-centred approach as the foundation of her work.
Background and approach
That means she listens first and follows the client's lead while offering reflections and practical ideas. She also draws on other evidence-based therapeutic techniques to meet individual needs. Sessions are collaborative and paced to suit each person.
In practice she helps people untangle attachment issues, codependency and communication problems. She offers ways to manage panic attacks, mood shifts and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Body image, control issues and guilt or shame are also common topics she supports people to work through.
Her background includes five years of clinical experience working with adults across a range of emotional difficulties. She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Jessica works with people in the United Kingdom and runs sessions in English.
Taking the first step can feel difficult, so Jessica aims to make the process straightforward. She gives space to reflect, practical strategies to try between sessions, and a steady presence while people find their own way forward.
Therapeutic techniques and how they work online
Jessica bases her practice in person-centred work, which focuses on listening, empathy and following the client's lead. This approach helps people feel heard and respected while they identify what matters most and decide on next steps. She also draws on evidence-based techniques that offer practical strategies for managing anxiety and panic symptoms, and for improving mood and communication.These approaches are explored collaboratively. The therapist and client work together to decide which methods suit the person's goals and preferences. Sessions may combine reflective listening, breathing and grounding exercises, short skills practice and gentle exploration of past patterns, all chosen together as part of the plan.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy fit daily life. Video calls allow a fuller conversational exchange, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can suit short check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. The range of formats makes it easier to maintain continuity, try different ways of working and fit sessions around work and family commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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