Jacqueline "Jacky" Ellis, BACP

Jacqueline "Jacky" Ellis is a counsellor who brings three years of experience to sessions. She holds BACP membership, and she works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief and low self‑esteem. Jacky aims to make first steps feel manageable and straightforward for someone feeling anxious about starting therapy.

She uses a mix of practical talking approaches to suit each person. That can mean exploring early life and attachment patterns, noticing automatic thoughts and behaviours, or using mindfulness exercises to calm the nervous system. Conversations focus on what is happening now and on small changes that can make daily life easier.

Jacky also offers support around adoption and foster care matters, attachment issues and challenges connected to loss or relationship ruptures. She has experience volunteering at an addiction centre and works with drug and alcohol problems alongside other mental health concerns. Her work can include discussing dissociation, body image, commitment and communication struggles.

In sessions she aims to be warm and non‑judgemental. The room is used to listen first, then to try new ways of thinking and acting. Clients set the pace, and practical steps are built from what they already know about themselves.

Jacky practises in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English. People can expect a collaborative approach that blends reflective thinking with exercises to test out different ways of coping and relating.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Jacky commonly combines attachment‑based work with cognitive behavioural techniques and client‑centred conversation. Attachment‑based work looks at early relationships and how they shape current patterns of closeness and trust; it can help when abandonment or foster and adoption histories affect how someone relates to others. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours to reduce anxiety and problematic coping like avoidance or substance use. Client‑centred therapy means the counsellor follows the person’s lead, offering empathy and reflection so clients feel heard and understood.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Jacky will talk through goals, try different ways of working, and adjust methods to fit a person’s needs and preferences. That collaborative approach helps people judge what feels most useful in real life rather than committing to a single method up front.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text‑based messaging. Video is good for conversational work and exercises that benefit from facial expression and tone. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and messaging suit brief check‑ins, reflective writing exercises, or people who prefer not to use voice or video. These options make it easier to fit therapy around school, work and family commitments while keeping continuity between appointments.