Jacqueline John, BACP

Jacqueline John is an experienced integrative psychotherapist and counsellor based in London, England, who offers remote and international practice guided by UK law. With 36 years of experience, she has worked with individuals, couples, families, young people and those who are bereaved, drawing on a broad range of helping skills developed across private practice and work with external organisations and charities.

She works in an integrative way, selecting the style of counselling that best fits each person’s needs by exploring both present concerns and past experiences. Her practice commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, existential and psychodynamic ideas within a person-centred framework. This flexible approach supports work on stress, anxiety, relationships, family issues, grief, self-esteem, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting and many other challenges.

Jacqueline is a counselling member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), which reflects her commitment to professional standards and ethical practice. Client feedback has described her as warm, accepting, non-judgmental, insightful and usefully challenging. She offers both short-term and long-term contracts and discusses hopes and expectations during the initial session to agree a suitable plan.

Jacqueline is not available on Saturdays, Sundays, and Bank Holidays, but she aims to respond to enquiries within 24 hours. She supports people of different genders, sexual orientations, faiths and cultures and accepts international clients.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions with Jacqueline John

Jacqueline draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns; CBT is often useful for managing anxiety, depression and stress-related symptoms. She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships influence current patterns in close relationships and to support work on intimacy, abandonment and family dynamics. In addition, a client-centred approach underpins her work - offering a non-judgmental, empathetic space where the client’s pace and priorities guide the process and where personal insight and self-direction are encouraged.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Jacqueline works with each person to identify which methods feel most relevant to their needs, goals and preferences, and adapts the mix of approaches over time as therapy progresses.

Online therapy with Jacqueline is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility and accessibility. These options make it possible to fit therapy around work, family life and geographic constraints, while still maintaining regular, therapeutic contact with a licensed professional.