Jessica Douglas, BACP

Jessica Douglas is a psychotherapeutic counsellor who approaches therapy with an assimilative, integrative style, placing the person before the technique. She uses Transactional Analysis as her core model and draws selectively from other evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor a treatment plan to each person’s needs. This adaptative approach allows her to meet clients where they are and shape sessions around individual goals and life circumstances.

Jessica aims to create a calm space where people can tell their story in their own words and be listened to with curiosity and reflective attention. She frames the therapeutic relationship as two people relating through their lived experience, and she works to reflect and explore what is happening for each client rather than prescribing a one-size-fits-all solution.

She offers flexible formats for therapy and works with single-session options, short-term work of around six to eight weeks, or longer-term psychotherapy of 20 or more sessions when appropriate. Her core hours are typically 10am to 7pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, with evening and weekend appointments available on request.

Jessica holds the BACP credential, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. As required by the BACP Ethical Framework, she monitors her own wellbeing to sustain the quality of her work; if periods of illness occur she will inform clients and give them the choice to reschedule or postpone sessions until she has recovered. If a therapeutic match is not right, clients may choose to switch and be matched with another therapist.

Integrative Approaches and Flexible Online Therapy

Jessica Douglas centers her work on Transactional Analysis, a model that explores how patterns of thinking, feeling and relating develop and influence current relationships and self-perception. This approach can be useful when addressing issues such as relationship difficulties, attachment concerns and recurring patterns of behaviour.

She combines Transactional Analysis with assimilative, evidence-based techniques drawn from broader therapeutic practices. These techniques support work on common challenges like stress, anxiety, grief, mood difficulties and life transitions by offering practical strategies and opportunities for deeper emotional processing.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Jessica works collaboratively with clients and licensed professionals to identify which methods fit a person’s needs, goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses to ensure the best possible fit.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for accessibility and scheduling. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging allow people to engage from different locations and at times that suit their routines, making it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family and other commitments.