Mike Jackson

Mike Jackson is a qualified counsellor and supervisor based in Somerset, United Kingdom, with eight years' experience supporting adults and young people across a range of settings.

He practices from a person-centred stance within an integrative framework, drawing on humanistic approaches, cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, solution-focused methods and creative ways of working. He aims to offer a space where people can be themselves and explore what matters to them in a trusted, supportive and reflective setting.

Mike believes that being genuinely heard without judgement helps people find ways to cope with difficult experiences. He seeks to offer that kind of unconditional listening to anyone who chooses counselling as a route to change.

His commitment is to empower clients to make the changes they want to see. As a supervisor he also provides support to both qualified and trainee counsellors as they develop their practice.

He is available for in-person work from Somerset and can provide online or telephone sessions at a client’s convenience.

His professional qualifications include a Level 5 Diploma in Counselling accredited by the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (MNCPS Accred.), a Diploma in Supervision from Iron Mill in Exeter and earlier Level 3 and 4 counselling qualifications. He also holds a Diploma in Mindfulness from Heartwood Counselling, training in Grief Therapy from the Portland Institute, NCFE Level 2 in Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, and training in counselling children and young people. Additional training includes understanding traumatic bereavement; working with suicide, self-harm and self-injury; various trauma approaches; spirituality and psychotherapy; solution-focused brief therapy; borderline personality disorder; suicide prevention skills; therapy for men; time-limited frameworks; inner-child work; obsessive compulsive disorder using cognitive behavioural approaches; connections between spirituality and psychotherapy; and vicarious trauma.

His professional background includes roles with Mind in Somerset, Marie Curie’s emotional support service and St Margaret’s Hospice, where he provided counselling for relatives dealing with bereavement. He has also worked with a charity offering emotional support to people affected by traumatic deaths, including guiding individuals through the process of attending Coroners' Court inquests.