Jennifer Risebury, BACP

Jennifer Risebury is a BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) registered counsellor who offers a warm, person-centred approach. She aims to make the first step into therapy less frightening and to provide a calm, non-judgemental space for people to talk through difficult feelings. Jennifer often supports people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and other life changes, including midlife questions and shifts.

Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on helping people reflect, understand patterns, and build emotional resilience. Jennifer uses a mix of methods drawn from client-centred work, attachment ideas and solution-focused tools to help people make sense of relationships, identity and difficult emotions.

She pays attention to communication and pacing, and helps clients develop strategies they can use between sessions. Jennifer also works with issues like grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, neurodiversity, addiction and coping with long-term health challenges. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.

Jennifer responds to messages and journal entries during the day and aims to reply after-hours when possible, recognising some times she may reply the next morning or after certain bank holidays. She tries to be flexible with scheduling and welcomes discussions about preferred appointment times.

The first session is an opportunity to get to know one another and agree how to work together. If someone prefers to write first, she is open to receiving a message or a journal entry before booking.

How her approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current feelings and patterns. Online sessions can help people spot repeat patterns and try new ways of connecting in relationships. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's experience and uses listening and reflection to build self-understanding and confidence. This approach helps when someone needs time to make sense of difficult feelings and decide next steps. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at emotion and connection in relationships and can help when people want to change how they respond to conflict or intimacy struggles.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Jennifer will work together with each person to decide which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences. That might mean trying a few ways of working and adjusting as therapy progresses, with the client shaping the pace and focus.

The biography lists live chat, telephone calls and video calls as session methods used by the therapist, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life, such as fitting a shorter check-in during a work break, avoiding travel time or choosing a call instead of video when bandwidth is limited. These practical benefits can help people keep therapy consistent while working on stress, midlife transitions, relationships and emotional regulation.