Welcome to my website,
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I am an EMDR Europe Accredited Consultant & UKCP Reg. Psychotherapist & Supervisor.
I provide:
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• Consultancy in Trauma Recovery to individuals and organisations
• EMDR Psychotherapy in person and online
• Supervision to EMDR Practitioners & Consultants
• Accreditation Mentoring to EMDR therapists-in-training
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Please explore the site and if you have any questions about whether my approach is right for you, feel free to email me.
I have a deep commitment to helping people find true healing after adversity and I am very happy to connect people to the best service for them.
About Jessica
Woolliscroft
Jessica started her career in 1983 working in therapeutic communities. These innovative healing centres used ground breaking psychotherapeutic approaches to help people rebuild their lives after serious mental illness and addiction. Her role included counselling clients, running therapeutic groups and supervising staff.
Between 1987 and 1995 Jessica worked with ex-offenders as Deputy Director of a specialist Housing Association; managed a mental health charity in the inner city as Director of Islington MIND; and carried out research on social issues for the Bishops of London. This involved making representations to Government on topics as wide ranging as housing, transport, health, and broadcasting.
Jessica qualified as a psychotherapist in 1991 and has been registered with the UKCP since 1994. She has had a private practice since 1991. In 1998 she set up an Employee Assistance Programme for the voluntary sector in London. In 2000 she gained her Diploma in Counselling Supervision and is an accredited supervisor with the UKCP.
From 2000 to 2012 Jessica worked in the NHS offering complex trauma assessments, psychotherapy, supervision and training of GP counsellors, clinical psychologists and mental health nurses in primary, secondary and secure settings. She also coordinated the Childhood Sexual Abuse Focus Group, a multidisciplinary task group in the NHS which improved services for NHS patients disclosing historical sexual abuse​.
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From 2012 Jessica returned to private practice fulltime specialising in treating PTSD and Complex PTSD. During this time she became a facilitator for the EMDR ACADEMY delivering supervision to large groups.
​From 2020 to 2025 Jessica cofounded (with Ann Lowe) and ran Brightstone Clinic in Sandbach, Cheshire. This provided therapeutic space for psychiatric, psychological and complimentary therapies. Following a successful bid to the Lottery Fund, it also ran trauma support groups to Ukrainian women; ADHD and Autism Mentoring and psychoeducation on trauma recovery for the local community.
In 2025 Jessica was elected to the Board of the UK EMDR Association as a Trustee.
Jessica became an EMDR Europe Accredited Consultant in (2014). She has a Master’s degree in Psychology (2004) and a Master’s Distinction in Psychological Trauma (2011). She has a particular interest in the nature of freedom and compassion in relationships and what makes psychotherapy relationships work. Jessica enjoys writing articles for professional journals and presenting her work at conferences.
