Counsellor profile
Jessica Reed, NCPS
United Kingdom
NCPS counsellor - relationships and anxiety
Continue with JessicaWhere Jessica stands
- Credentials
- NCPS
- Registration
- NCPS, United Kingdom / NCS17-05710
- Experience
- 5 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Attachment-based
- Mindfulness techniques
- Client-centred work
About Jessica
Jessica Reed is an NCPS counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with five years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, low self-esteem, motivation and confidence problems. She also works with people facing trauma, addictions, grief, codependency and a range of life changes.
Her approach is straightforward and person-focused. She listens to what matters most and then uses conversational work to clarify patterns and options. Sessions often look at attachment dynamics and how past relationships shape current choices. Jessica draws on client-centred work to keep the sessions grounded in the client's priorities.
She also uses mindfulness and somatic techniques to help people notice how thoughts and the body interact. That can be useful when anxiety, panic or dissociation makes it hard to think clearly. Psychodynamic ideas are used when looking at recurring themes, such as abandonment or control issues, that turn up across relationships and life decisions.
Jessica aims to help people become clearer about boundaries, communication and what they want from relationships. Conversations include practical ways to set limits, manage urges to people-please, and cope with family conflict. She supports clients who are navigating grief, career change, or recovery from substance-related problems.
If someone wants to start, Jessica asks them to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. The questionnaire helps identify priorities so the first meetings can focus on what matters most.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Jessica combines attachment-based ideas with client-centred and mindfulness work. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns show up now and helps people understand why they repeat certain behaviours. Client-centred work keeps the focus on what the person wants to change and uses open discussion to set practical goals. Mindfulness techniques teach simple ways to notice thoughts and bodily reactions, which can help with anxiety and urges to people-please.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods feel most useful, and she will adjust the emphasis as goals change over time. That means the first few sessions often involve trying different ways of working to see what helps most.
The biography does not list the specific session formats used for online work, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow brief check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They can also support using mindfulness or somatic exercises during a session so skills are practised in everyday settings.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, self-esteem, motivation, trauma, grief, addictions and codependency among other concerns.
How would she approach my situation?
She combines attachment-based, client-centred, mindfulness, psychodynamic and somatic ideas to explore patterns and practical coping strategies.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience working with the listed concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She holds NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients, and English is the language used in sessions.
Which session formats does she offer?
The biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to begin?
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.