Jacqueline "Jacky" Ellis

Jacqueline "Jacky" Ellis is a counsellor with a degree and three years of practice. She holds BACP registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and works from the United Kingdom. Jacky aims to offer a calm, down-to-earth space for people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, addiction or trauma-related concerns.

Her approach is integrative. She uses psychodynamic ideas to look at early experiences and attachment. She draws on client-centred ways of working to follow what matters to the person in front of her. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to help change unhelpful thinking and behaviour.

Jacky has experience supporting people with a wide range of issues. These include low self-esteem, dissociation, eating and substance concerns, relationship difficulties, and the emotional impact of adoption and foster care. She also has volunteering experience at an addiction centre, which informs her practical understanding of recovery work.

In sessions she aims to be warm and non-judgemental. She focuses on listening closely, helping clients name what causes them distress and trying small, useful changes between sessions. Her style tends to be collaborative and straightforward, with an emphasis on making therapy feel accessible.

People who come to her often want help untangling attachment issues, managing anxiety, or coping with loss. To begin, the site’s Start Therapy button leads to a short matching questionnaire and then to scheduling according to availability.

How certain approaches translate to online support

Attachment-based work looks at early relationships and how they affect current connections. Online discussions can help people notice patterns from their past and practise new ways of relating in everyday life. Client-centred work focuses on what the client wants to bring to sessions, with the therapist following the person’s pace and priorities. This can make online sessions feel personal and responsive. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and tries practical experiments to change behaviour; it often includes clear tasks you can try between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. The therapist will work with each client to choose which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences. That choice is collaborative and may shift as the client learns more about what helps them.

Confirm the exact session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caring duties or travel. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, reduce travel time, and let people join from a place that feels convenient. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, conversations and homework for remote sessions so progress continues even when meetings are not in person.