- Person-centred approach
- QSL and HEAL methods
- English and Afrikaans
About Jacintha
Jacintha Canary is a BACP-registered counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 25 years' experience in counselling and mental health work. She is a South African immigrant and integrates her life experience with clinical practice. Her work covers stress, anxiety, family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and blended family issues among other areas.
She uses a person-centred approach and prefers to explore concerns together rather than offering ready-made answers. She also draws on a framework called QSL (Quantum Social Learning) and HEAL (Human Experience Augmenting Language), which use body mapping and attention to physical sensations to support self-exploration and recovery from past or present trauma.
Her background includes a Postgraduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling, a teaching qualification for primary education, sports coaching in basketball, a certificate in the QSL framework, and community leadership training. She has completed additional courses in resilience, anger work, forgiveness, conflict resolution, mentoring and coaching.
Jacintha says her own experience as a previous client informs how she works with people now. She supports conversations about cultural transition, adapting to a new country, family dynamics, abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, and coping with life changes.
Sessions are conducted in English and Afrikaans, and she accepts international clients. To begin, clients are asked to use the site button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and are charged via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Jacintha commonly uses person-centred counselling and trauma-focused approaches in her work. Person-centred counselling focuses on listening and helping the client identify their own priorities and choices. It suits people who want to be heard and to make sense of feelings without being given direct answers.Trauma-focused methods in her practice include attention to bodily sensations and integration of past events into present experience. These approaches aim to help people process difficult memories and reduce how much those memories shape everyday responses. They can be useful for trauma, abuse, abandonment and related problems.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Jacintha will discuss goals and preferences and decide together what to try first. That collaborative decision-making is revisited as work proceeds so the approach matches changing needs.
The biography does not list specific session formats here, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can help fit therapy around practical life demands and can make it easier to have shorter check-ins, keep regular appointments around work hours, or avoid travel time. Registered or accredited professionals like counsellors often find online sessions useful for continuity when routines change.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Afrikaans
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, family matters, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and blended family issues among other areas.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her main style is person-centred counselling where she explores issues with the client rather than giving answers. She also uses QSL and HEAL practices that involve body mapping and attention to sensations.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience in counselling, mental health and wellbeing work across family therapy related settings and community practice.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Afrikaans.
Can she work with clients outside the UK?
She accepts international clients.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to start?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.