Jennifer Gilroy, BACP

Jennifer Gilroy practices a warm, client-centred style that helps people feel heard and understood. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness to offer straightforward tools for stress, anxiety and low mood. Jennifer holds BACP accreditation and works from the United Kingdom. She speaks English and accepts international clients.

Jennifer keeps sessions focused and practical. She helps people talk through traumatic experiences, relationship and intimacy worries, grief, and parenting strain. She also supports people dealing with eating concerns, self-harm thoughts, anger and complicated feelings like guilt and shame.

Her approach mixes listening with small, manageable steps. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviours. Mindfulness practices are offered to build calm and reduce reactivity in day-to-day life.

When trauma or abuse is part of someone’s story, Jennifer uses trauma-focused ideas to address symptoms and reclaim a sense of safety and control. Solution-focused work helps set short-term goals and find practical ways forward when life feels stuck.

Jennifer aims to make the therapy process clear and collaborative. She asks about current needs, offers straightforward explanations, and agrees on goals together. The first sessions are often about building trust and deciding which methods will be most helpful.

Approaches that translate well online

Jennifer blends client-centred work with cognitive behavioural therapy and trauma-focused approaches. Client-centred therapy means the counsellor listens carefully and follows the person’s lead, helping them name feelings and priorities. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing simple changes in behaviour to reduce anxiety and low mood. Trauma-focused work addresses the consequences of abuse and traumatic events through gradual, stabilising steps to lessen intrusive symptoms.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss your needs and goals and together you will decide which methods to try. That collaborative decision can change over time as progress is made or new challenges arise.

Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and use worksheets together. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, journalling between sessions, or keeping momentum during busy weeks. These options make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life and keep work moving forward.