About Jackie
Jackie Garratt is a counsellor and life coach who helps people find a way forward when stress, anxiety or major life changes feel overwhelming. She welcomes people who are struggling with low self-esteem, grief, relationship problems or difficulties managing everyday pressures and decisions.
Jackie aims to create a calm, accepting space where people can talk about what matters to them and start to feel more like themselves. Jackie uses straightforward, down-to-earth language in sessions.
How Jackie works
She listens first, then helps people understand what they are feeling and why it might be happening. From there she works with each person to find practical steps that fit their life and values. That might include noticing thought patterns, trying new ways to respond, or setting small goals to rebuild confidence.
Her background includes eight years working in community roles supporting children, adults and families, plus experience as a foster carer and a women’s project coordinator. Jackie has worked with people affected by domestic abuse, sexual assault, childhood trauma, long-term health conditions, autism and ADHD. She also offers Christian counselling when people want to include faith in their sessions.
Jackie is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She has additional post-qualification training in working with young people and survivors of sexual violence, and she holds a life coaching qualification that complements her counselling work. Sessions are adapted to each person.
Jackie combines a person-centred approach with other methods such as cognitive behavioural techniques, acceptance and commitment strategies and solution-focused work. Her style is warm, calm and practical, aimed at helping people move from where they are now to where they want to be.
Jackie lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Jackie works with
The areas below are the ones Jackie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- 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
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches in online sessions and what to expect
Jackie commonly blends person-centred work with cognitive behavioural techniques and acceptance and commitment therapy. Person-centred work focuses on listening and building trust so people can explore what matters to them and feel understood. Cognitive behavioural techniques look at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect and help people try different responses to reduce distress. Acceptance and commitment therapy encourages noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps that align with personal values to build a meaningful life.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Jackie will work alongside each person to identify goals and try out methods that fit their needs and preferences. That collaborative process means approaches can shift over time as progress is made or priorities change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions around busy schedules. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues, phone sessions can help when lower bandwidth is needed, and text or chat can be useful for brief check-ins or for people who prefer not to be on camera. These options aim to increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep therapy consistent alongside work, family and daily life.
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