Jessica Sullivan , BACP

Jessica Sullivan is a pragmatic and reflective therapist who helps people draw on their strengths to make meaningful changes in their lives. With 20 years of clinical experience, she combines a deep psychodynamic background with focused, short-term techniques to suit each person’s needs. She holds BACP - a professional credential in counselling and psychotherapy - and brings that training to work with individuals and families across a wide range of challenges.

Trained originally as a psychodynamic psychotherapist, Jessica often works in an open-ended way to explore issues that have roots in childhood and early relationships. When clients need more time-limited support she uses a solution-focused approach that is forward-looking and practical, aimed at helping people move past current concerns and build new coping strategies.

Her experience as a workplace counsellor gives her particular insight into how personal difficulties and job-related pressures interact. She also supports people affected by traumatic workplace incidents and has a special interest in the emotional aspects of long-term conditions such as diabetes and in supporting people through cancer treatment and recovery.

As part of an initial assessment, Jessica may use standard measures such as the GAD-7, PHQ-9, HADS, and IES-R to clarify needs and monitor progress. Her clinical experience spans self-harm and suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, workplace stress and bullying, relationship and attachment difficulties, eating disorders, bereavement, sexual abuse, and other complex presentations. Jessica welcomes clients seeking support and supervision and aims to work collaboratively to identify practical steps for change.

Psychodynamic and Solution-Focused Support Online

Jessica Sullivan draws on psychodynamic therapy and solution-focused therapy to tailor online care to each person’s needs. Psychodynamic therapy explores how early relationships and unconscious patterns influence current feelings and behaviours, helping people understand long-standing emotional difficulties. Solution-focused therapy is a brief, goal-oriented approach that concentrates on strengths and practical steps to resolve specific problems and move forward quickly.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Jessica works collaboratively with clients to identify what will be most helpful. She discusses options during assessment, considers goals and preferences, and adjusts the method as work progresses so that therapy remains responsive and relevant.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, or through live chat and text-based messaging - making it easier to fit support around work, family, and other commitments. These formats allow ongoing access to licensed professionals and therapists without the need to travel, and they support continuity of care when in-person meetings are not possible.