Jessica "Jess" Smith
Calm, practical support for stress and relationships
About Jessica
Jessica "Jess" Smith focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family concerns, self-esteem and attention difficulties such as ADHD. She welcomes straightforward conversations and practical steps. Her approach aims to make therapy feel calm and manageable from the first session.
Jess works in a conversational, client-centred way. Sessions start with your immediate concerns and priorities. She listens to what matters to you and then helps you try ways to change difficult patterns or feel steadier day to day.
Background and approach
She blends several approaches to suit each person. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and actions that keep problems going and offers practical tools to change them. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and shift unhelpful emotional responses, which can ease relationship strain.
Jungian ideas and mindfulness practices are used when image, meaning and self-awareness are helpful. With three years of experience and a BACP credential, Jess brings a mix of practical techniques and reflective work. That means you might do short exercises in a session and also talk about deeper themes when they come up.
The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Sessions are available in English and are offered to people in the United Kingdom. Jess offers online formats including video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to make it easier to fit therapy into life.
What Jessica works with
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Sessions & fees
Online approaches and how they work
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in the room, offering an attentive and non-judgemental space where the client's concerns guide the work. It helps when someone needs to feel heard and wants support building their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers concrete exercises to reduce anxiety or change unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people recognise and shift emotional responses that cause repeated relationship difficulties or strong distress.Finding the best approach is part of the process. Jess will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before. Together you can try an approach, review how it feels and adjust the plan if you need something different. This collaborative way helps tailor sessions to what actually helps you.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for deeper conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions can fit into a short break at work or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins or people who prefer written contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around daily life and keep continuity between sessions.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
