Jacqueline Selby, BACP

Jacqueline Selby is a counsellor with BACP accreditation and 15 years of experience. She offers a calm, warm approach and aims to create a non-judgemental space where people can talk through their concerns. Jacqueline works in a supportive, person-centred way and tailors sessions to each person's needs.

Jacqueline uses person-centred counselling to help people feel heard and understood. She focuses on practical steps alongside listening, so people can notice small changes and build confidence. Her work often addresses stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and relationship worries, including jealousy and the feelings that come with it.

She has supported adults across a range of life stages and situations. Her additional focus areas include grief, parenting strain, addiction concerns, caregiving stress and long-term health challenges. Jacqueline also has experience with attachment issues, adoption and foster care matters, and neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome.

Sessions are paced to fit each person. Jacqueline combines person-centred work with mindfulness, motivational interviewing and trauma-focused techniques when they suit the goals of the person in therapy. She encourages a collaborative plan and reviews progress regularly so adjustments can be made.

Jacqueline works with people in the United Kingdom and accepts international clients. She recommends an initial weekly rhythm for the first month to build momentum, then a review to set the ongoing pace. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the published options.

How Jacqueline blends therapy approaches for online work

Jacqueline often uses person-centred therapy and mindfulness in her online practice. Person-centred work focuses on listening, reflecting what you say and helping you make your own decisions. Mindfulness involves simple attention exercises to reduce reactivity and help with stress, anxiety and managing strong emotions.

She also draws on motivational interviewing to support change, helping people weigh up options and find internal reasons to move forward. These approaches can help with relationship worries, jealousy, confidence and coping with life transitions. The therapist will discuss which approaches fit your goals and adapt them as you progress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jacqueline will collaborate with you to choose techniques that match your needs, goals and preferences. That may mean trying a mindfulness exercise in one session or focusing on motivational conversations in another. She checks in regularly and changes the plan as needed.

The biography mentions phone, video and chat sessions and 45 minute live appointments; please confirm the current formats and scheduling options before you book. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins if needed, and let people join from different time zones when international work is appropriate.