Jennifer Chigwende

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Cognitive behavioural therapy

About Jennifer

Jennifer Chigwende helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, self-esteem and depression. She uses a strengths-based view and invites clients to draw on their own experience to face difficult issues. Jennifer is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has five years' professional experience.

Her sessions focus on practical steps and conversational reflection. She aims to make sense of current difficulties and to identify actions that reduce distress. Expect clear, down-to-earth discussion and collaborative planning rather than technical language.

Jennifer draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in her work. She adapts ideas from these approaches to fit a person's situation, using tools to manage thoughts, feelings and stressful reactions. She also works with issues that relate to adoption and foster care, chronic illness or pain, and multicultural concerns.

People bring concerns about panic, social anxiety, workplace stress and family of origin problems. Jennifer helps people consider how past experiences shape current patterns and what small changes could make daily life easier. She supports people to build everyday coping skills and to try new ways of responding.

Sessions are offered in English and Jennifer accepts international clients. She asks people to begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session through the platform's booking process.

How her approaches work in online counselling

Jennifer commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviours affect mood and offers practical exercises to test unhelpful thinking and change small daily routines. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on stabilising reactions, building coping skills and working gently with distress linked to past harm.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and how comfortable the person feels with different methods. They will make collaborative decisions about which techniques to try and review what helps as therapy progresses.

Details of session formats are not stated in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow quieter check-ins that do not need travel, and let people use approaches such as thought records or grounding exercises between meetings. Registered or accredited professionals can guide how those practical methods transfer to remote sessions.

Topics Jennifer lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Parenting issues
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Adoption and foster care
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Post-traumatic stress
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Workplace issues

Ways of working

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Narrative Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Jennifer

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and related problems such as panic disorder and social anxiety are listed areas she helps with.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in her practice.

What experience does she have?

She has five years of professional work experience in the United Kingdom.

Is she registered with a professional body?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

International clients are accepted.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.