About Jenny
Jenny Cleary is a counsellor who blends a somatic approach with person-centred care. She uses creative methods drawn from nature and art to help people reconnect with what brings them joy. Jenny works at a pace that suits each person, offering gentle but direct support as clients find clarity and direction.
She believes people can become stuck because of long-held beliefs and conditioning. In sessions she helps identify personal values and practical steps to align daily life with those values.
Background and approach
This focus can make decisions and relationships feel less overwhelming. Her work brings together somatic awareness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas and cognitive strategies. These are adapted to the needs of the individual rather than applied as a one-size-fits-all package.
Clients can expect a mix of talking, bodily awareness exercises and creative techniques based on what suits them. With nine years' experience and registration as NCPS, Jenny draws on a range of tools to address stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem, grief and many other issues. She also supports people facing chronic health challenges and caregiving stress.
Sessions are offered in English and can be held online by video, phone, live chat or messaging. International clients are accepted. To begin, a simple matching questionnaire and scheduling step connects people to the right session rhythm.
How somatic and values-based approaches work online
Jenny often combines somatic awareness with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas. Somatic work invites attention to bodily sensations and simple movement or breathing exercises to help people notice how stress and emotion show up in the body; this can be useful for anxiety, trauma responses and chronic tension. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values and take small committed actions towards them, which helps with decision-making and motivation. Attachment-based ideas look at patterns in close relationships and help people understand how early relational experiences shape current responses and needs.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to see which methods feel helpful and will adjust the mix over time based on your goals and preferences. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions remain practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy around daily life, continue work while travelling, or use shorter check-ins between longer sessions. For many people the range of formats helps maintain progress and keeps regular contact achievable.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English