Jacintha Canary, BACP

Jacintha Canary is a counsellor with over 25 years' experience in mental health and wellbeing. She is based in the United Kingdom and brings a background that includes teaching and community leadership. Jacintha holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

She describes her practice as person-centred and collaborative. She does not hand out answers but helps people talk through what matters to them. Her faith is part of her identity, and she says she works respectfully with people from all spiritual backgrounds or none.

Jacintha has long experience supporting people coping with stress, anxiety, depression and major life changes. She has also worked with trauma and abuse, domestic violence, grief and issues around relationships and intimacy. Additional areas she focuses on include adoption and foster care, abandonment, caregiving stress and body image concerns.

Her approach weaves person-centred work with mindfulness and practical tools. She uses elements from Trauma-Focused Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy and Internal Family Systems when these fit someone’s needs. She also uses a body‑mapping framework called QSL (Quantum Social Learning) to help people notice sensations and integrate difficult experiences.

Jacintha aims to walk alongside people as they build resilience and greater self-acceptance. She combines practical coaching tools with gentle exploration of past and present patterns. Sessions are offered in English and Afrikaans and she works with international clients who can connect from other countries.

How Jacintha’s approaches work online

Jacintha uses person-centred work to create a respectful, listening space where the client’s priorities lead the conversation. This approach focuses on understanding a person’s experience and helping them find their own solutions, which can be especially useful for stress, relationship concerns and life changes.

She also draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy to carefully address past harm and its effects on daily life. That approach aims to help people make sense of distressing events and reduce how much the memories or sensations interfere with their day-to-day functioning.

Solution-Focused Therapy appears in her work as short-term goal-setting and practical steps. It helps people identify small, manageable changes and build on what already works for them, useful for feelings of overwhelm, career dilemmas and coping with transitions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to needs, history and preferences, then suggest which methods might fit best. Clients and therapist check in together about what is helping and adjust the plan as therapy progresses.

Confirm the available session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel and allowing meetings from different locations. They can also allow shorter check-ins, more flexible scheduling and options that suit quieter surroundings or lower bandwidth needs.