- Years in practice
- 3
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Jennifer
Jennifer Risebury is a BACP counsellor who aims to make the first step into therapy easier to take. She offers a warm, non-judgemental space for people to talk about what trouble them. Sessions focus on understanding feelings and practical ways to move forward.
With three years of clinical experience, she uses a person-centred style that keeps the client's priorities central. She blends this with attachment-focused and emotionally-focused ideas to help people untangle relationship patterns and build more supported ways of relating.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and solution-focused techniques are used where they fit the person's goals. Jennifer works with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, grief and low mood. She also supports people dealing with parenting pressures, sleep and eating difficulties, ADHD, compassion fatigue and life transitions.
Additional areas she pays attention to include adoption and foster care experiences, attachment issues and caregiver stress. In sessions she pays attention to how past relationships shape present reactions. Conversations aim to increase self-understanding and to identify small, achievable steps.
She responds to messages and journal entries during the day and will usually reply to messages received after 8:30 pm the following morning. Appointments are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy easier to fit around busy lives.
The first meeting is an opportunity to work out what approach feels most helpful and to agree practical next steps.
What Jennifer works with
Everything Jennifer lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Jennifer helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jennifer lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current reactions. Online sessions look at these patterns and how they show up now, which can help with relationship worries, parenting struggles and emotional reactivity. Client-centred therapy puts the person's goals and experience at the centre of each session; the counsellor listens closely and follows what matters to the client, which works well across video, phone or text. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and shift painful emotional cycles by identifying core emotions and needs, a process that can be done in regular video or telephone meetings.Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. The counsellor will help the person clarify goals, try approaches that fit, and adjust the plan as they learn what helps. That collaborative way of working aims to find practical steps and emotional insight that suit the client's pace and preferences.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when lower bandwidth or no camera is preferred. Live chat and text messaging suit short check-ins, journalling-style reflections or times when typing feels more manageable. These options make it easier to keep therapy going around work, childcare and day-to-day demands, while still using attachment, person-centred and EFT techniques in a focused way.
Questions people ask about Jennifer
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief and depression. Other areas include parenting, sleep and eating issues, ADHD, compassion fatigue and relationship or intimacy concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and person-centred, with an emphasis on attachment and emotional patterns. She also uses mindfulness and solution-focused techniques when these suit the client's goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has three years of experience working as a counsellor and has developed an integrative way of working that draws on several therapeutic methods.
Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place by video call, telephone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How do fees and subscriptions work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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