Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Hi, I’m Jackie, an experienced Counsellor and Life Coach. I’m passionate about working with people to regain good mental health and wellbeing, supporting you to ‘grow through, what you go through’.
Whatever you’re facing that is making it harder for you to experience life without pain, anxiety, stress or sense of value and purpose, I’m here to listen and help you navigate your way through.
By providing a non-judgmental, therapeutic, confidential space, you will find the sense of safety and support you need to explore your life and things that are important to you. We will work together to build your understanding of what you are feeling and why, and help you find your own way of moving forward from where you are now, to where you would like to be.
So, whatever the reason is that has prompted you to explore further support, whether that is:
• Struggling to know who you are or be the person you once were
•. Experiencing triggers and flashbacks that cause extreme distress or feelings of detachment
•. Avoiding people and situations because of overpowering emotional and physical responses
•. Feeling stuck in spiraling thought patterns and unhelpful behavior that impact your health and wellbeing
•. Constantly battling critical internal dialogue that affects your confidence and ability to trust your own judgement.
•. Experiencing difficulties in managing stress, expectations and finding balance in life
• Finding it hard to cope with a planned or unplanned change in family, relationships, work or health
• Or perhaps you have exhausted your own ways of coping and don’t know what else to do?
If this sounds like something you are currently experiencing, you may find counselling is the right step for you. Finding the right counsellor is so important, so I hope that by sharing more about myself, it might help you decide if you feel I might be the right person to work with you.
I am a professionally qualified Counsellor registered with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. I have completed additional training, post qualifying, including specialist counselling to work with young people as well as training to work with survivors of sexual violence. In addition, I have qualified as a Life Coach, which enables me to offer additional ways of working with clients, especially when addressing mind sets and limiting self-beliefs.
You will find me to be a naturally warm and down to earth person with a calm, compassionate manner that will help you feel at ease and accepted. I am creative and flexible in the way I work and can offer many approaches so each session can be tailored to best suit you. I integrate various models of therapy with my main Person-Centred approach, including CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Solution Focused Brief Therapy.
Before becoming a Counsellor and Life Coach, I worked extensively in communities supporting children, adults and families for many years. I have previous experience as a Youth and Support worker, Foster Carer and Women’s Project Coordinator providing specialised support to women who have experienced domestic abuse, sexual assault and childhood trauma.
My experience and training provides a solid base to work with individuals of all ages. I understand how difficult childhood experiences impact child development and behaviour, affecting families and also adults later on in life. I’ve found that my understanding of children and young people is also valuable to parents who are undergoing particular parenting challenges.
Other experience includes working with individuals affected by a wide range of life issues, complex mental health conditions, personality disorders, Autism, ADHD and chronic health conditions. For those who would like to include their Christian faith in their counselling sessions, I am able to offer Christian counselling, but also work with those of a variety of beliefs or no faith background.
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Jackie Garratt is a professionally qualified Counsellor and Life Coach with eight years of clinical experience supporting people toward improved mental health and wellbeing. She works from the belief that individuals can grow through what they go through, and she supports clients in finding their own pathways from distress toward greater value and purpose.
Jackie creates a non-judgmental, therapeutic, confidential space where people can feel safe to explore what matters to them. She works collaboratively to build understanding of present feelings and their origins, and to identify practical, personalised steps for moving from where a person is now to where they want to be.
Her training includes registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and further post-qualifying work focused on counselling young people and supporting survivors of sexual violence. Jackie is also a qualified Life Coach, which adds coaching tools for addressing mindset and limiting self-beliefs alongside counselling work.
Jackie’s main clinical stance is Person-Centred, and she integrates a range of approaches such as cognitive-behavioural techniques, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy to suit each client. She is known for a warm, down-to-earth presence and a calm, compassionate manner, and she adapts sessions creatively and flexibly to meet individual needs.
Before qualifying as a counsellor and coach, Jackie worked extensively in community roles supporting children, adults and families. Her previous posts include youth and support work, foster caring, and coordinating a women’s project that provided specialised support to women affected by domestic abuse, sexual assault and childhood trauma. Jackie’s experience also covers working with complex mental health presentations, personality disorders, Autism, ADHD and chronic health conditions. She is able to include Christian counselling when requested, and she also works with people of other faiths or no faith background.
Many people ask whether meeting with a therapist online can really help. For common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties or navigating life changes, evidence shows that remote therapy is often as effective as traditional face-to-face work.
A major benefit is flexibility – clients can choose the way they connect that suits them best, whether by video call, phone, live chat or in-app messaging. This range of options makes it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
All therapists involved are licensed professionals, and if someone feels they need a different fit they can switch to another practitioner at any time. For many people, online therapy offers an accessible, practical way to get consistent support and make meaningful progress.
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