- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred work
About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Leydon is a BACP-registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with eight years' experience. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting pressures, self-esteem, depression, addictions and relationship issues. Jacqueline also works with grief, intimacy-related concerns, sleeping problems, anger, career questions, coping with life changes and ADHD. She names guilt and shame among the areas she addresses.
Jacqueline draws on a person-centred integrative approach that keeps the client's experience central rather than positioning herself as the expert. She uses elements from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), existential ideas and mindfulness to help people notice patterns and try different ways of responding. Sessions are conversational and paced to each person's needs.
Her own life experiences with ADHD, autism, childhood trauma, sexual abuse, domestic violence, addictions and loss inform her understanding of how those issues can affect trust and day-to-day functioning. That background shapes how she listens and how she negotiates safety and boundaries in sessions.
In practice Jacqueline helps people explore attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency and commitment issues, dissociation, communication and control problems, and the effects of caregiver stress. She also supports people processing divorce, separation, domestic violence and other sudden changes.
Her work aims to help clients build awareness, try practical strategies and reach clearer decisions about what matters to them. To start a first session clients follow the site's online matching steps and schedule an appointment.
How Jacqueline's approaches translate to online work
Jacqueline uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting caught up in them, and to choose actions that align with their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, shame and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns that come from early relationships and how they affect current trust and intimacy. It can help with abandonment, communication and relationship difficulties.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Jacqueline works collaboratively to decide which methods to try based on a person's goals and preferences. She will check in and adjust the balance between practical techniques and reflective, attachment-focused work as sessions progress.
The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also make it possible to continue work through life changes and practical constraints while keeping the focus on noticing patterns, testing techniques and making decisions that matter.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting pressures, self-esteem, depression, addictions and relationship issues. Guilt and shame are included among the concerns she addresses.
How would she approach feelings of shame or guilt?
She uses a person-centred integrative style, combining ACT, attachment ideas and CBT to help people notice unhelpful patterns and practise different responses. Sessions are conversational and focus on the client's experience.
What experience does she bring?
Jacqueline has eight years' experience and draws on personal experience with ADHD, autism, trauma, abuse and loss to inform her work and understanding.
What credentials and location apply?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I don't live in the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently taking international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the site.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.