Jennifer Risebury , BACP

Jennifer Risebury is a counsellor who practises from a person-centred and integrative perspective. She is BACP registered - British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and builds sessions around each person’s needs. Jennifer presents herself as calm and approachable and focuses on helping people make sense of difficult feelings.

She offers a supportive, non-judgemental space for people to reflect on their thoughts and emotions. Sessions are collaborative and paced to what feels manageable for the individual. Jennifer listens, asks gentle questions and helps people notice patterns that affect mood and behaviour.

Her work often addresses stress, anxiety, grief and depression, along with relationship and intimacy-related issues. Jennifer also supports people dealing with addiction, trauma and abuse, and those managing neurodiversity or ADHD. She includes work on self-esteem, career concerns and life changes when relevant.

Jennifer uses tools from attachment-based therapy and emotionally-focused work alongside mindfulness and solution-focused techniques. She helps people develop emotional regulation, build self-confidence and try practical steps between sessions. The goal is useful change rather than theory alone.

Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone appointments, live chat or text-based messaging. Jennifer tries to be responsive to messages and journals, and she outlines response times for evenings and some holidays. The first session is presented as an opportunity to get to know one another and agree how to proceed.

Approaches you can use in online therapy

Jennifer draws on attachment-based work to look at how early relationships influence current feelings and patterns, which can help with relationship, intimacy and attachment issues. She also uses emotionally-focused therapy to help people identify and express core emotions and to strengthen emotional responses in close relationships. Mindfulness therapy is used alongside these methods to build present-moment awareness and to reduce anxiety through simple attention practices.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process and Jennifer treats this as a collaboration. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and can adapt the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy fit daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when connection quality permits. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people work in short bursts, send journals or continue thinking between appointments. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and accessible for different routines and needs.