Anne TH Jackson

I am a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, accredited by the BABCP, with over 20 years’ experience supporting people through difficult and often overwhelming challenges. I know how hard it can be to take that first step, so I aim to offer a calm, compassionate space where you feel safe to talk openly and at your own pace.

My career has been within NHS services, working across inpatient, outpatient, and psychological therapies settings. This has given me a broad and flexible approach, helping me support people with a wide range of difficulties, including eating disorders (Binge Eating Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorder, and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder), depression, anxiety, social anxiety, phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, health anxiety, complex trauma and stress. I also support people whose experiences may be shaped by ADHD, autism or other aspects of neurodivergence.

I use evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to explore how difficulties have developed and what may be keeping them going. Together, we can develop a shared understanding of what is happening and work on the patterns that may be maintaining your difficulties. I work in an individualised, collaborative and appropriately challenging way, helping us make sense of what you are experiencing and agree on meaningful and lasting ways forward.

I’m based in Kent and offer online therapy, making support more accessible and flexible. Above all, I believe that change is possible, and I will work alongside you with honesty, warmth, and care to help you move towards a life that feels more manageable and fulfilling.

My Approaches

Eating Disorders

Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT-E) is my main approach, a leading evidence-based and internationally recommended approach used with a range of adult eating disorders. Where appropriate, I may also draw on other specialist CBT approaches to tailor therapy to your individual needs. These may include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-Ten (CBT-T), a shorter CBT approach for eating disorders, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-Twenty (CBT-20-AN), an emerging approach specifically developed for anorexia nervosa. The treatment we use will depend on your individual difficulties, needs and goals. For ARFID, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for ARFID (CBT-AR) is a specialist approach developed specifically to address the different pathways through which ARFID can develop and be maintained.

The aim is to provide specialist support that recognises the complexity of eating difficulties while helping you work towards greater flexibility around food, eating and body image, and a life that is less restricted by the eating difficulty.

Anxiety and Depression

Treatment uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), a well-established psychological therapy with a substantial body of research supporting its effectiveness, and is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for many common mental health difficulties. Other evidence-based CBT strategies may also be incorporated according to your individual needs, including from Schema Therapy or Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT).

Trauma

Depending on your individual needs, therapy can incorporate evidence-based Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT), a well-established, evidence-based approach that helps people process traumatic experiences and reduce the ongoing impact of trauma-related thoughts, memories, emotions and behaviours. Other evidence-based CBT strategies may also be incorporated according to your individual needs, including from Schema Therapy or Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT).

The aim is not to change or erase your past, but to reduce the hold that past experiences may have on your present, helping you develop greater choice, safety and freedom in how you respond to yourself, others and the world around you.

Get in Touch

If you would like to find out more about therapy, you’re welcome to contact me through Counselling Directory or visit my website to get in touch. I aim to reply to enquiries within two working days.

Individual Therapy

• Initial Consultation (60 mins)
  £40
• Standard Session (60 mins)
  £80
• 6 Session Block Booking (360 mins)
  £420

I offer an initial consultation at a reduced rate so we can explore working together to ensure it is the right fit for you.

Payment

Payment is due 48 hours before each session.

Payment methods include bank transfer, pay securely by card via Stripe, or other mutually agreed methods.
 

Cancellations and Missed Appointments

Please provide more than 48 hours' notice for cancellations.

The full session fee may be charged for less than 48 hours' notice cancellations.

The cancellation charge reflects the time reserved for you and the inability to offer that appointment to another client.

Composite Client Feedback

Confidentiality Note: The following is a composite summary of feedback shared by clients about their experience of therapy. It has been written to protect confidentiality and does not identify any individual client.

Eating difficulties

"Clients I have worked with for eating difficulties have described feeling heard, understood, and taken seriously, often after previous experiences where they felt misunderstood or unsure that therapy was right for them.

Clients have particularly valued having a therapist who understands the complexity of eating disorders and takes time to understand the individual person behind the difficulties. They have described therapy as a safe, compassionate space where they could talk openly, while also being appropriately challenged when this was needed.

Feedback has highlighted the value of developing a clearer understanding of eating difficulties and the patterns that can keep them going, alongside learning practical strategies to make meaningful changes. Clients have described becoming more able to approach food, challenge unhelpful behaviours and beliefs, and develop greater confidence and self-compassion.

For some, therapy has also helped them understand how eating difficulties can connect with anxiety, self-esteem, trauma and other areas of their lives. Clients have valued being supported to recognise their progress, build on their own strengths and gradually develop the confidence to continue using the skills they have learned beyond therapy.

Above all, clients have described feeling seen, understood and supported, while having the specialist knowledge, encouragement and appropriate challenge to help them work towards meaningful recovery."

Anxiety, depression, trauma, and stress

"Clients have described therapy as a place where they have felt safe, listened to and genuinely understood. For many, developing a trusting therapeutic relationship has been an important part of feeling able to talk openly about difficulties that had become overwhelming or difficult to manage alone.

Clients have valued an approach that is compassionate, patient and individualised, while also providing appropriate challenge when this could help them move forward. Feedback has highlighted the importance of having things explained clearly, exploring difficulties in depth and having therapy adapted to what each person needs.

Clients have particularly appreciated learning practical CBT strategies to help them understand the connection between their thoughts, feelings and behaviours, recognise patterns that may be maintaining difficulties and approach situations they may previously have avoided. Some have found it helpful to practise these skills between sessions and then reflect together on what they noticed, what they learned and what they might try next.

For people experiencing anxiety, social anxiety, health anxiety, trauma and low mood, clients have described developing greater confidence in themselves and in their ability to manage difficult thoughts, emotions and situations. They have valued learning that difficult days and uncomfortable emotions can be part of life without having to take control, while developing strategies to respond differently.

Clients have also valued being supported to work through difficult or unresolved experiences, with therapy providing a space to explore how these experiences may continue to affect their thoughts, emotions and everyday life.

As therapy comes to an end, clients have described feeling better equipped to use the skills they have developed independently, with greater confidence in their ability to manage future challenges.

A recurring theme in the feedback is the experience of feeling understood, supported and appropriately challenged, while developing the knowledge, skills and confidence to make meaningful changes for themselves."