Counsellor profile
Jacqueline Leydon, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - Codependency and relationships
Continue with JacquelineWhere Jacqueline stands
- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 386338
- Experience
- 8 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Person-centred approach
- ACT and CBT methods
- Trauma aware practice
About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Leydon is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with eight years' experience. She works with people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, addiction and relationship problems. She also helps those struggling with parenting pressures, grief, low self-esteem and intimacy-related issues, and people wrestling with codependency patterns.
Jacqueline draws on person-centred principles and an integrative approach. She focuses on the person in front of her rather than presenting herself as the expert. Sessions aim to help people gain clearer awareness of their patterns and make practical changes they can try between meetings.
Her background includes lived experience with ADHD, autism, childhood trauma, sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, addictions and significant loss. Jacqueline uses that perspective to relate to how trauma and attachment shape day-to-day reactions and relationships. She pays attention to abandonment and attachment issues alongside avoidant or dependent personality patterns.
In practice she combines methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based work, Existential thinking and Client-Centred listening. That mix is used to help people with sleep, anger, career decisions, coping with life changes and the stress of caregiving.
Sessions are aimed at helping people notice what keeps them stuck and experiment with different responses. Jacqueline invites clear, honest conversation about goals and practical steps. She asks people to choose whether to try new strategies or to focus on understanding past experiences first.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and patterns of avoidance. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current expectations and reactions in close relationships and can help with trust, abandonment concerns and codependency patterns. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people can make sense of their experience and decide what change they want to try.Finding the right way of working is part of the therapy process. Jacqueline will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what feels manageable. She will then suggest which approaches to try and adapt them as the work progresses, so decisions are collaborative rather than fixed.
Session format options are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a weekly routine, shorten check-ins when needed, reduce travel time and allow people to attend from locations that suit their day. Registered or accredited professionals commonly use online sessions to support people dealing with stress, codependency patterns, trauma recovery and life changes, while adapting pace and homework to each person's circumstances.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which problems does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting strain and codependency among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She follows a person-centred, integrative style and uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based work to suit the person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.