Jen Woodward , BACP

She has been described as calm, patient and intuitive, and brings seven years of direct therapeutic experience to her work alongside a broader background in mental health settings such as the NHS and Place2Be.

Her practice is informed by psychodynamic therapy, which invites gentle curiosity about past experiences, recurring patterns and unconscious thoughts. She aims to build a trusting therapeutic relationship that makes space for exploring how earlier life events and internal dynamics shape current feelings and behaviours.

In sessions she supports people to process both conscious and unconscious material, develop greater self-reflection and learn to accept themselves more fully. Therapy with her can be an opportunity to work through stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, ADHD, addictions, intimacy-related issues and a range of other challenges listed in her specialties.

She recognises that counselling can be demanding as it involves facing parts of oneself that are often kept hidden. All genders, backgrounds and identities are welcome. She is a fully qualified psychodynamic counsellor and a member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Psychodynamic Insight and Flexible Online Sessions

Jen works from a psychodynamic perspective, helping clients explore how early experiences, repeated patterns and unconscious thoughts influence present feelings and relationships. This approach focuses on fostering self-reflection and understanding - it can be particularly helpful for issues like long-standing relationship difficulties, trauma-related themes, attachment concerns and patterns of coping that recur across situations.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and she approaches that task collaboratively. She will work with each person to consider goals, needs and preferences and recommend how psychodynamic work could be tailored or combined with other supportive ways of working to best fit the client.

Online therapy with Jen is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy lives or when in-person options are limited. These formats provide flexible access to therapists and licensed professionals, allowing regular engagement, continuity of care and the opportunity to work through emotional concerns from wherever the client is located within the practitioner’s service area.