Jessica Rigby , BACP

Jessica Rigby is a qualified therapist registered with the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). She completed a BACP-accredited Diploma of Higher Education and then added an extra year of study to earn a BA (Hons) degree in Person-Centred Counselling. With five years of practice, she supports people through a wide range of personal and relational concerns.

Arriving at the profession as a mature student, Jessica combines lived experience with clinical training. Her work has covered areas such as sexuality, consensual non-monogamy, personality disorders, anxiety, and depression. She also supports people with relationship and family difficulties, intimacy-related matters, self-esteem and body image concerns, stress, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.

Jessica's approach is friendly, inquisitive and caring. Grounded in person-centred principles, she treats each person as the expert on their own experience, offering empathy and affirmation rather than ready-made solutions. She aims to create a non-judgmental space where whatever a client brings can be explored and understood, and she collaborates with clients to find practical ways forward that suit their values and circumstances. Jessica offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging and is accepting clients in the United Kingdom.

Client-Centred and Solution-Focused Online Support

Client-Centred Therapy emphasises empathy, active listening, and respect for the client's own expertise about their life. This approach helps people who want a supportive space to explore feelings, identity, relationships, and life transitions while being heard without judgement.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying practical goals and building on a person's existing strengths and resources. It is useful for clients who want to make concrete changes, overcome specific problems, or develop coping strategies for stress, anxiety, or relationship challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is done collaboratively. The therapist works with the client to understand needs, goals, and preferences, and together they decide which methods fit best and can be adapted as the work progresses.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place through video calls, over the phone, by live chat, or via text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, access care from home, and continue work consistently even when circumstances change, while still working with licensed professionals and therapists who use established therapeutic methods.