Jessica Draper

I am available from 9 - 6 Monday to Friday. I can arrange for sessions outside of these hours dependant on your schedule which would need to be discussed with myself. 

Hello and Welcome to my practice. 

I understand how heavy life can become at times and my aim is to help carry that weight. I am an integrative counsellor so I go with your flow and what may work for you in our sessions together. During our sessions together, we will go at your pace and explore what may be holding you down currently to address what and where you are struggling with. You deserve a space to talk freely and openly about what you are struggling with, I provide non-judgement and validation for whatever life throws your way. 

I use many tools within my practice from use of imagery to describe emotions and your pain. I love a metaphor, to encapsulate the explorative nature that exists within the world that we live in. I  am person centred which means that I see you as the person you are with unconditional positive regard. I see the person you are and accept you whole heartedly. I work with all aspects of who you are even the parts that you find difficult to accept about yourself, they have been hiding for a long time and I want to help you to understand how and why they have been a part of you. Together we will set goals for the duration of our time working with one another. 

You can decide how many sessions we will have, I provide a minimum of 6 sessions, if you so wish to continue we will review our sessions together every 6 weeks. This is to help you understand the direction of our work and to allow you to have a say if there are aspects of the session you wish to work further on or discuss any areas of dissatisfaction. 

No matter your background, identity, sexuality, gender, disability, race, personal history, class background, neurodiversity, I welcome everyone with open arms to my practice. As a neurodivergent therapist I adore that everyone comes in all shapes and sizes, your uniqueness is vital to who you are and how you exist within the world.  

I offer a free 15 minute consultation prior to our sessions together. This is to see if I am the right fit for you in your therapeutic journey. This 15 minute consultation will help me to understand what kind of support will be right for you during our sessions prior to starting. The initial phone call we will discuss the length of our time together, what you aim to achieve and goals you would like to set from counselling. How you would like to have our sessions whether that is through in person or non face to face sessions such as through the telephone or online services. For our first session I will provide a contract for you to sign which describes safe practices, payment and overall how I work as a practitioner. 

I offer a discounted rate with £10 off your first session, if you so choose to continue our appointment together payment will be £50 per session. In our first session we will have an overview of the issues and aspects of life that you have been struggling with, what support you have accessed in the past, what day and time works best for you as well as the duration of our time together. I would love to get to know you and what support you would you feel is right for you.