Dr. Jess Clapham
Person-centred therapist focusing on life and work
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About Jess
Dr. Jess Clapham offers a supportive, person-centred approach to therapy. She uses Client-Centred Therapy to focus on each person's experience and existential ideas to look at meaning and life choices.
Jess speaks English and Welsh and works with people from the United Kingdom and beyond. Jess has three years of professional experience. She helps people with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression.
She also supports those facing career difficulties, major life changes, grief and trauma.
Background and approach
Her practice includes work around parenting, anger, ADHD and relationship concerns as individual issues rather than family or couples therapy. In sessions Jess aims to listen carefully and respond with respect and sensitivity. She uses the principles of Client-Centred Therapy to follow what matters most to the person in front of her.
Existential Therapy is used when people want to examine purpose, responsibility or how life choices feel right or wrong for them. Jess also brings coaching and mentoring experience to conversations about motivation, confidence and career development. That means sessions can include practical goal-setting alongside reflective talking.
She adapts the pace and focus to each person's needs. People working with Jess can expect straightforward language and a calm, non-judgemental tone. She encourages small steps and realistic goals.
To begin, readers can use the site Start Therapy button to make initial choices and arrange an appointment.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 3
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 396360
- Languages
- English, Welsh
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Existential Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Jess's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Jess works with
Everything Jess lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jess lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Jess works online
Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice and responsibility in life. It helps when people feel uncertain about purpose, career direction or major life changes. Sessions may involve questioning values and exploring how choices align with a person's sense of self.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss aims and preferences and together they will decide which methods suit the client's goals. That planning is collaborative and may change as needs become clearer.
Confirm the current online session options before booking, as this listing does not specify formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around work and family life, reduce travel time and allow a shorter check-in when needed. It also lets people continue conversations after big life changes or while living in a different region. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt conversations and exercises so they work well when not in the same room.
Questions and answers
What kinds of difficulties does this counsellor address?
Jess works with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression, plus issues like career problems, grief, trauma and parenting-related challenges.
What is the therapist's style in sessions?
She takes a person-centred style that prioritises the client's perspective, and draws on existential ideas when people want to explore life purpose and choices.
How much professional experience does she have?
Jess has three years of professional experience working with individuals on motivation, confidence and life changes.
What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?
The listing shows the BACP credential and location in the United Kingdom as provided.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions can be held in English and Welsh.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are accepted according to the provided information.
How are fees and payment handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin sessions?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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