Jess Bond

I am trained as a child and adolescent counsellor, and have lots of experience working with children and teenagers. I take things at the pace of the client; gaining a sense of their current context, aiming to understand how things are for them. My aim is to provide a safe and supportive environment, within which we can explore what is/ has been going on, with the aim of building resilience and confidence. I help clients think about how to promote change if that is what is required. I work in an integrative way, which means using tools from different therapeutic approaches rather than from only one discipline.

Sessions are confidential, unless there is a safeguarding concern, and I am happy to work with a client alone or alongside their parent.

I currently work online.

I initially offer a free 20 minute phone call as a chance for you to ask any questions you might have. 

In our first session it is often helpful to have a parent present, and tends to form more of an assessment format- giving both me and you a chance to ask questions and give some context for your referral. 

Following this I am happy to work with the child/ teenager alone or alongside their parent- whichever they feel most comfortable with.