Jacqueline Ellis

I have availability a follows:

Wednesday - 11 am - 6 pm

Thursday - 11 am - 7 pm

Friday - 11 am - 5 pm

Hello there, my name is Jacky and I am a fully qualified integrative counsellor. This allows me to work in a number of Counselling and Psychotherapy practices, and enables me to adapt my approach and style to meet the individual needs of clients.

Talking in a safe environment where no judgements are being made can help you express your thoughts and worries. Together, we can explore coping mechanisms and skills to manage the challenges and stresses that life throws at us.

I deal with all areas of mental health from bereavement, anxiety, depression, anger management, OCD, abuse, ADHD, borderline personality disorder to adoption and addiction. Coming from an integrative counselling background allows me to use different methods of therapy to suit each individual's needs.

I have personal experience in adoption being an adoptee myself, and have undertaken the required training and acquired a Certificate in Adoption Support Counselling. This allows me to work with under 18’s as per OFSTED regulations. This is something I am really passionate about, as adoption has now been linked to CPTSD and generational and biological trauma which greatly affects adoptee's lives, especially around attachment and relinquishment.

I have experience relating to addiction and have a diploma in addiction and substance abuse, I also volunteer at an addiction centre. There is a lot of misunderstanding and stigma around addiction, and being able to look at the deep-rooted causes, can help clients have a better understanding of their behaviours and triggers around addiction. I have also undergone training in criminal psychology which can sit hand in hand with addiction.

I mainly work in person from my home  and online via Google Meet.  Being an integrative counsellor allows me to use a variety of approaches including Psychodynamic, Person-Centred, Humanistic, Trauma informed and  Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.  Working this way  allows me to be flexible in my approach which can then be adapted to your specific needs.

Sessions will be led by you, at a pace that you feel comfortable with.  In this way together with can explore what has brought you into therapy, and help you to understand yourself better.  We can look at coping mechanisms and goal setting and what you are looking  to achieve.   Part of counselling is to build up a strong therapeutic relationship, where you feel you are listened to in a non-judgemental manner.

Our first session will be about getting to know each other and making you feel at ease, as going into counselling can seem a daunting thing.  To gain an insight into you and what has brought you into therapy, I will ask some questions about what has been happening for you to bring you here.   More importantly is for you to feel I am a right fit for you and how I work.

I am open to any questions you may have to help you feel at ease and to develop that trust.   We look at what confidentiality means and the structure of the sessions.  Sessions last for 50 minutes.

I offer you a free 20 minute no obligation telephone consultation to chat about the service I provide and the issues you are facing. If you are happy to proceed we can then arrange an initial session to meet online or face to face.