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Jean Briscoe, BACP
- Credentials
- BACP
- Experience
- 20 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseGriefAnger managementDepression
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Jean Briscoe is a counsellor with 20 years' experience working in the NHS and independent practice across the United Kingdom. She is a BACP member and has focused much of her career on trauma, chronic health conditions and neurodivergence. Jean aims to offer clear, respectful care and practical support to people who are struggling.
Her background includes work with limb amputation trauma and long-term conditions such as multiple sclerosis. She has been involved in neurodivergent assessment work, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism.
Background and approach
That experience shapes how she notices the practical impacts of health and brain differences on everyday life. Jean uses person-centred methods alongside cognitive behavioural approaches and solution-focused techniques. Sessions focus on what matters to the person in front of her, and on steps that can bring small changes.
She keeps things straightforward and avoids jargon. People come to Jean for a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting and career worries. She also supports those facing body image, chronic pain, caregiver stress and adjustment to life changes.
LGBT matters and the emotional impact of illness are within her core interests. Her style is honest, non-judgemental and flexible. Jean works at the client’s pace, exploring underlying issues and helping people identify practical next steps.
She encourages clients to take manageable actions and build coping skills as they go.
How Jean’s approaches translate to online therapy
Jean uses person-centred (client-centred) work that focuses on understanding each person’s experience and priorities. This means sessions begin with listening and reflecting so goals emerge from what matters to the client. That approach suits people who want a supportive space to talk and be heard.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. CBT focuses on practical strategies and small experiments that can change unhelpful patterns, and it can help with anxiety, low mood and stress. Combining listening and CBT lets the therapist tailor practical tools to the person’s situation.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jean will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs and preferences. She reviews progress and adjusts the plan as things change, so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues for a conversational feel, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier for brief check-ins, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit those who prefer writing or need short, frequent contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or mobility limits while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
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