Jennifer Risebury, BACP

Jennifer Risebury is a BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) registered counsellor who uses a person-centred, integrative approach. She aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and straightforward. Her manner is open and non-judgemental and she focuses on helping people make sense of what they are going through.

She offers time to reflect and unpack difficult feelings. Sessions can focus on worries such as anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, or struggles with neurodiversity. Jennifer also supports people dealing with relationship issues, intimacy concerns and jealousy, and she helps clients navigate life changes and career pressures.

Her style is collaborative and tailored to each person. Jennifer blends listening with practical tools so people can build emotional resilience and clearer self-understanding. She aims for sessions to leave clients feeling more able to regulate emotions and make thoughtful choices.

She responds to messages and journals during the day and aims to reply after 8:30 pm when possible, though replies may wait until the next morning. Sundays and some bank holidays may have delayed responses.

The first session is used to get to know each other and decide how to work together. Jennifer can be flexible about scheduling and offers live chat, telephone calls, or video calls to make therapy accessible and easier to fit into day-to-day life.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and emotional patterns. It can help people understand reactions in close relationships and work through trust or abandonment concerns.

Client-centred counselling places the person at the heart of the process, using empathic listening and reflection to help someone find their own solutions. This approach is helpful for building self-esteem and exploring difficult feelings at a comfortable pace.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on identifying and processing core emotions to change unhelpful interaction patterns and improve emotional connection. It is often used when people want to better understand intense emotions and responses.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jennifer will discuss options with each person and decide together which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences. The choice of approach can change as therapy progresses and needs evolve.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into daily life, for example by removing travel time and allowing quicker check-ins between appointments. Different ways of meeting can suit different needs, so check which session formats are currently offered before booking. The focus is on making counselling usable and practical for each person's schedule and circumstances.