Jessica Dodd , BACP

Jessica Dodd is a counsellor who helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship strains, grief and low self-esteem. She also supports those facing compassion fatigue and pregnancy or childbirth concerns. She aims to create a calm and respectful space where people can be heard and begin to untangle what feels overwhelming.

Her style is collaborative and paced to each person. Jessica draws most strongly on person-centred therapy, which means she follows the client’s concerns and offers a steady, non-judgemental presence. She combines this with other evidence-based techniques to tailor sessions to what the person needs in that moment.

Typical issues she has worked with include workplace stress, panic symptoms, attachment difficulties, communication problems and feeling isolated. She also helps people dealing with body image struggles, codependency, guilt, shame and the aftermath of separation or loss. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps as well as emotional processing.

Jessica has five years' experience and holds BACP registration, which reflects professional membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She works from the United Kingdom and runs appointments online using several formats to suit different needs.

Therapy usually begins by looking at what matters most to the client and agreeing a simple plan. Jessica offers a grounded, compassionate approach and aims to help people build coping tools, clearer boundaries and a kinder relationship with themselves.

How Jessica’s approaches work online

Jessica most often uses person-centred ways of working and supplements them with other evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Person-centred work focuses on listening closely and following the client’s pace so they feel heard and understood; it can be helpful for low self-esteem, grief and relationship concerns. She also draws on practical therapeutic methods that target symptoms like panic, anxiety and mood changes by teaching coping strategies and simple exercises to try between sessions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. Jessica treats this as a team effort and will discuss options with each person. Together they agree what to try first and adjust the plan as needs and goals change.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or suit low bandwidth, and text or chat are handy for brief reflections or when someone prefers writing. These formats offer flexibility for different schedules and preferences and allow work to continue even when meeting in person is difficult.