I have worked in voluntary settings and private practice for 9 years. I have particular experience in working with clients who identify as LGBTQ+ or who are exploring their sexuality and/or gender expression. I am a cisgender gay man and use he/him pronouns. I am a UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy) accredited psychotherapist and subscribe to its Ethical Principles and Code of Professional Conduct.
Expert Counselling for Children, Individuals, Couples, Relationships, Families, and Clinical Supervision
BACP and UKCP registered psychodynamic psychotherapist and qualified clinical supervisor based in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Her psychodynamic training provides a deep, theoretically grounded framework for understanding how past experiences, unconscious processes, and relational patterns shape presenting difficulties. Jackie works with adults on a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties, and in addition to her clinical practice offers clinical supervision to other therapists and counsellors. Her dual BACP and UKCP registration reflects the breadth and rigour of her professional formation.
In my work I assisst clients in becoming more authentically themselves. Being able to know, own and be yourself is incredibly hard and can almost feel impossible. Often hardship and painful life experiences can feel like obstacles to self-acceptance, self-ownership and self-love. This space is designed for you to connect with yourself. Here, you are the expert of your own life. I see my role in walking not ahead of you but next to you as you move from a place of suffering or functioning to a space of flourishing. I don’t work within a diagnostic pathology model and therefore won’t try to ‘make sense of you’ through a diagnosis you may have received. Instead, I seek to understand your lived experience of it, and to develop a deep insight into what it is like to be you. It’s from such place of empathic understanding where the therapeutic work begins. Wherever I meet you on your journey – I look forward to meeting you right there.
It is often a daunting prospect having to contact a therapist. Please feel free without obligation to get in touch for a chat with me. This will give you a chance to ask questions, get a feel of therapy and decide if we are the right match. My focus will be on helping you understand what is happening with you, not what is wrong with you, how to bring about change. You may feel you have anxiety, depression or finding your relationships are failing, and following similar patterns. It maybe trauma or attachment. I work as an individual and couples therapist. Trauma creates anxiety, self harm, dissociation, and addictions of all kinds. I use a range of modalities, including: Compassionate Inquiry, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS) and EMDR. Plus others
I offer in-person sex and relationship therapy in Pontypridd and Cardiff. I cover issues like: Low desire Erectile issues Orgasm issues Vaginal/pelvic/vulval pain Mismatched desire with a partner Compulsive sexual behaviour (otherwise known as ‘porn addiction’ or ‘sex addiction’) Sexual shame Sexual identity As a trans/nonbinary person, I have specialist skills in working with LGBTQIA+ people. See https://sexandrelationshiptherapy.co.uk/ to find out more.
I am an experienced therapist working with children and adults, including those affected by complex or relational trauma, with or without self-harm or suicidal behaviour. I also support anxiety, depression and couples facing relationship strain or possible separation. My work is based on developing a clear, shared understanding of the emotional patterns driving the difficulties, rather than applying a fixed model. Early sessions focus on clarifying what is happening psychologically and agreeing a purposeful focus for therapy. I prioritise the therapeutic relationship and shared goals, as a strong alliance and clear direction are key to meaningful change.
I’m an experienced, yet very human BABCP-accredited CBT therapist specialising in working with high-achievers with low self-esteem, high-functioning anxiety, or OCD, including autistic and ADHD folks, as well as LGBTQIA+ folks. I use evidence-based approaches – Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), but really from an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness perspective (I’m also a mindfulness teacher) – so if you’ve tried CBT before and haven’t really connected with it, I might be your person. Maybe your life looks great, but inside you feel inadequate and like you’ll be ‘found out’. Anxiety, intrusive thoughts, overwhelm; feeling stuck, not good enough; overpreparing, procrastinating, checking; it may all actually be a fear of failure. My approach? Challenge what’s unhelpful while honouring your experiences and unique brain – so you unhook from the “there’s something wrong with me” loop and live your truth. We’ll work with the anxiety, intrusive thoughts, overwhelm, procrastination, overthinking, but also with what’s underneath – expectations, fear of failure or vulnerability, of being found out. We’ll both explore deeply and use active interventions to get you to a place where you don’t just survive, but really live your life. This may look like less noise, overthinking, or limiting yourself; more peace, balance and understanding – and knowing, deep down, that you’re enough.
Are you the one doing the emotional work in your relationship? Do you feel pressure to be a the best parent possible? Are you emotionally exhausted but struggle to self-care? Do you feel dismissed when you seek help for your physical health problems? Are you burnout from systems designed for neurotypicals? Do you want to be more understood in your romantic relationships? Are you experiencing discrimination, bullying or microaggressions? Let me join you wherever you are in your journey with yourself.
I have more than five years experience helping a wide range of people of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds. I have a particular focus on anxiety issues and relationship problems.
Senior Integrative Psychotherapist & Coach. Providing a deeply restorative, soulful sanctuary for those navigating complex trauma, life transitions, and a return to self.
UKCP-accredited psychotherapist with over 15 years of experience in private practice and the NHS, specialising in addiction, eating disorders, complex trauma, and couples therapy. She trained at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE) and holds additional training in integrative transpersonal psychotherapy, early years attachment-based trauma, and psychosexual therapy. She has worked extensively with clients presenting with alcohol and drug dependency, compulsive behaviours, anorexia, bulimia, orthorexia, complex PTSD, and long-term depression and anxiety.
