Jackie Garratt, BACP

Jackie Garratt is a professionally qualified counsellor and life coach who supports people to regain mental health and wellbeing and to 'grow through what you go through'. She works with individuals facing pain, anxiety, stress, difficulties with self-worth, and challenges to life purpose, offering calm, compassionate guidance to help them navigate change and recovery.

Jackie provides a non-judgmental, therapeutic, personal space where clients can explore what matters to them. She works collaboratively to build understanding of feelings and patterns, helping people move from where they are now toward where they would like to be. Jackie supports clients dealing with triggers and flashbacks, avoidance, spiralling thoughts and behaviours, harsh internal criticism, difficulties managing stress and expectations, and the impact of planned or unplanned life changes.

She is registered with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom. Jackie has completed additional post-qualifying training, including specialist counselling for young people and training to support survivors of sexual violence. She is also qualified as a Life Coach, which enables her to work directly on mindsets and limiting self-beliefs alongside counselling work.

Jackie describes herself as warm, down to earth and flexible in her approach. Her main orientation is Person-Centred therapy, and she integrates other models including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy to tailor sessions to each person. Her background includes many years supporting children, adults and families as a youth and support worker, foster carer and women’s project coordinator, and she has experience working with complex mental health issues, neurodiversity, chronic health conditions and parenting challenges. For those who wish to include Christian faith in their work, Jackie can offer Christian counselling while also working respectfully with people of other beliefs or no faith background.