Jacqueline Leydon, BACP
8 years in practice
Jacqueline Leydon offers calm, steady support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or major life change.
License and registration
- BACP
- 386338 · expires April 2026
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Leydon offers calm, steady support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or major life change. She welcomes honest conversations about difficult past experiences and current struggles. Jacqueline writes plainly and listens closely to help people find clearer next steps.
She draws on eight years of counselling work and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP. Her own life experiences with ADHD, autism, trauma and addiction inform a practical, empathetic way of working rather than a judgemental stance.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters to each person. Jacqueline uses person-centred listening alongside elements from cognitive behavioural approaches and attachment-based ideas. She helps people notice patterns, try small changes and practise new ways of relating to themselves and others.
Existential themes also appear in her work, where conversations look at meaning, choice and how to live with uncertainty. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques are used when clients want tools for managing thoughts and feelings in daily life. Jacqueline supports people with a wide range of concerns including relationships, parenting pressures, sleep problems, anger, addiction, and neurodiversity-related issues.
She aims to make sessions straightforward and useful, focusing on real-life coping and clearer decisions.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Jacqueline lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jacqueline names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How Jacqueline blends approach and online support
Jacqueline uses Existential Therapy to help people face questions about meaning, choice and the weight of life changes. This approach encourages honest reflection about values and the ways people want to live. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to value-driven action while learning simple exercises to manage difficult emotions.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy ideas to look at patterns of relating and how early connections shape trust and emotional reactions. These perspectives are used collaboratively, so the therapist and client decide together which ideas and techniques fit the person’s goals and preferences.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video lets people use facial cues and a fuller conversational flow. Phone sessions work when less screen time is needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging can suit short check-ins, slower reflection or when typing feels easier than speaking.
Finding the right combination of approach and format is part of therapy. Jacqueline will help you test what works, adjust the plan as you go and focus on realistic steps you can try between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Jacqueline help with?
She works with many concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy difficulties, sleep problems, anger, parenting pressures and ADHD-related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Jacqueline uses a person-centred, empathetic approach combined with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural and acceptance-based work. Conversations often include exploration of meaning and personal values.
What experience does she bring?
She has eight years of counselling experience and draws on personal experience with neurodiversity, trauma and addiction to inform her compassionate approach.
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, noted as BACP.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients; sessions are provided to people within the United Kingdom.
What formats are available for appointments?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How do I start working with Jacqueline?
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