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Jillian Whitham, BACP
- Credentials
- BACP
- Experience
- 4 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes
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Jillian Whitham uses a person-centred approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and life changes. She aims to make conversations straightforward and calm. Jillian works to build trust so people can talk about what matters to them.
She trained and practices with a focus on listening closely and reflecting back what she hears. That approach helps people feel understood and clarify their own goals. Jillian also draws on existential ideas to look at meaning, choice and values when life feels confusing.
Background and approach
Jillian has four years of professional experience practising in the United Kingdom. During that time she has supported people dealing with depression, relationship strain, grief and sleeping problems. She also helps with career concerns and adjustment after major life events.
Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment wounds, body image and eating concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and issues around communication, infidelity and separation. Jillian pays attention to how shame, guilt and impulsivity can affect everyday decisions. Sessions are intended to be practical and conversational.
Jillian helps people identify small, achievable steps and notices progress along the way. She encourages people to use therapy to explore values and create choices that fit their life.
How person-centred and existential work translates to online therapy
Jillian uses client-centred therapy to prioritise what the person brings to each session. That approach focuses on listening, reflecting and helping people find their own answers. It is useful for stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and relationship worries.She also uses existential ideas to help people examine meaning, values and life choices. This approach is often helpful when someone feels stuck, empty or is facing big life changes. Together these ways of working aim to make sessions feel conversational and focused on the person's priorities.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jillian will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and will adapt methods in collaboration with the person. This helps match the style of therapy to the problem and to the individual's way of working.
Online sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let people see facial expressions and keep a direct conversation. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and messaging are helpful for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options provide flexibility so therapy can fit into everyday life.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
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