Jennifer Mcpherson (Norman), BACP
Jennifer Mcpherson (Norman) helps people with relationship strains, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, stress, and intimacy-related concerns.
About Jennifer
Jennifer Mcpherson (Norman) helps people with relationship strains, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, stress, and intimacy-related concerns. She also supports those dealing with addictions, grief, parenting pressures, sleep and eating problems, self-esteem, anger, ADHD and life changes. Jennifer has 25 years of experience and works from a respect-for-the-person stance.
She treats each person as the expert in their own story and focuses on practical steps forward. Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to make problems easier to talk about and to find small, manageable changes. She listens first, then offers tools from different approaches to suit the person in front of her. The work is paced to match the client’s needs and readiness.
Jennifer draws on a mix of approaches such as cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns, acceptance and commitment techniques to clarify values and action, and attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns. She also uses elements from dialectical behaviour and client-centred ways of working when these fit the situation. These methods are blended to match each person rather than applied rigidly.
Clients come from varied backgrounds and present with complex, overlapping issues including adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and body image problems. Jennifer will help people look at patterns, set achievable goals, and practise new ways of coping. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, works in the United Kingdom, and offers sessions in English.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time to begin work together.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 380154 | April 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Jennifer lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Jennifer names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Jennifer commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in her work. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values, even when difficult thoughts and feelings are present. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and practising practical strategies to change them.She also draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses. That perspective can help when problems centre on trust, closeness or repeated relationship cycles. Choosing which approach to use is a joint process; the therapist and client decide together which methods fit the person’s needs, goals and preferences as work progresses.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for different routines. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation from wherever is convenient. Phone work can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when clients prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who find writing easier than speaking. These choices make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and daily life.
Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people with relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, depression, anxiety, stress, addictions and grief. Additional areas include parenting strain, ADHD, body image and chronic illness related worries.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth, listening first and then offering practical steps. She focuses on helping clients identify small changes that fit their life and goals.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She brings 25 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns and complex presentations. That background informs a flexible, person-focused way of working.
What professional registration does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats can people choose from?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, with cost varying by location and therapist scheduling arrangements.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.