About Brett
Brett Garcia offers a collaborative, person-centred way of working that draws on attachment, cognitive and existential ideas. He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and brings 20 years of practice to his sessions. Brett speaks English and works with clients across the United Kingdom and internationally.
Brett focuses on what is happening now while also looking at past patterns that shape feelings and reactions. He helps people understand recurring relationship patterns, worries, low mood, trauma, and stress.
How Brett works
Sessions aim to make difficult feelings easier to notice and work through so people can make clearer choices. His approach is calm and reflective. He uses Client-Centred methods to follow the person’s pace, Attachment-Based ideas to map relationship patterns, and Cognitive Behavioural techniques to tackle unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.
Motivational Interviewing and Existential ideas may also be used when people face big life decisions or feel stuck. Over two decades Brett has worked in clinical leadership roles within the NHS and in independent practice. That background informs how he supports people under workplace pressure and those dealing with burnout or compassion fatigue.
He also brings experience with neurodiversity, including ADHD and autism, and with adoption and attachment concerns. Sessions are offered using video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Fees vary by location and are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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What Brett works with
The areas below are the ones Brett selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape how people relate now. Online sessions can help identify these patterns and practise different ways of connecting with others. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on a warm, listening approach where the counsellor follows the person’s pace and priorities; it suits people who need a steady, non-directive space to talk. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) targets the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Brett will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean mixing approaches over time and reviewing what helps as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues. Phone calls use less bandwidth and can be easier when a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat or messaging suits brief check-ins, ongoing reflections between appointments, or people who prefer typed communication. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and travel.
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