Jacqueline Leydon

Jacqueline Leydon is a counsellor who focuses on supporting women with stress, anxiety, trauma and related concerns. She writes with warmth and understands the difficulty of reaching out for help. Her lived experience with ADHD, autism, childhood trauma, abuse, domestic violence, addictions and loss informs how she listens and responds.

Jacqueline uses a person-centred, integrative style that puts the client's experience first. She works to build a genuine, non-judgemental relationship and helps people notice patterns that are getting in the way. Sessions aim to create clearer thinking and practical steps you can try between meetings.

Her practice draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques, existential thinking and mindfulness. She adapts these methods to fit the person in front of her rather than following a rigid manual. That means conversations might include noticing emotions, finding values to guide choices, or practising small behaviour changes.

With eight years of experience and BACP standing, Jacqueline supports people through grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, sleep problems, anger, and work or life transitions. She also helps with more complex issues such as dissociation, codependency, commitment fears and abandonment wounds.

If you want practical, compassionate help that respects your story, Jacqueline offers a space to talk it through and work toward clearer ways of coping and living.

How Jacqueline blends therapy approaches for online work

Jacqueline commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and attachment-based ideas alongside client-centred work. ACT involves noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and choosing small actions that match your values, which can help with anxiety, low mood and motivation. Attachment-based work looks at patterns from early relationships and how they affect trust and closeness now, useful for relationship and intimacy concerns. Client-centred therapy focuses on a supportive, non-judgemental relationship where the person feels heard and can explore their own solutions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jacqueline will discuss your goals and preferences and together you can try methods that fit how you think and cope. The choice of techniques is collaborative and may change as needs evolve.

Practical benefits of online therapy include being able to fit sessions into a busy week and avoiding travel time. Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to attend brief check-ins or longer therapy without rearranging a whole day, and they let people use quieter surroundings or switch to a phone call if that feels easier.