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Jacintha Canary, BACP

Jacintha Canary is a counsellor who has worked in mental health and wellbeing for 25 years.

About Jacintha

Jacintha Canary is a counsellor who has worked in mental health and wellbeing for 25 years. She moved to the United Kingdom from South Africa and brings that lived experience into her practice. She identifies as Christian but supports people of all faiths and none.

Jacintha aims to help people find more balance in everyday life and better cope with change. Her background includes work around family dynamics, anxiety, domestic abuse, trauma and abandonment.

Background and approach

She has also supported people facing addictions, grief, cultural transitions and the stresses of moving country. Parenting and carer stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, and career changes feature among the issues she commonly addresses. Jacintha practises a person-centred style, which means she listens first and does not give prescriptive answers.

She guides clients to explore what matters to them and helps them notice bodily sensations and feelings as part of that process. Her training includes a Post Graduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling and a certificate in the QSL framework, which uses body-mapping and sensation awareness to aid self-exploration.

She also works with mindfulness techniques, solution-focused ideas and trauma-informed methods when they fit a person’s needs. Over the years she has completed courses in resilience, anger and forgiveness, conflict resolution, mentoring and coaching. This mix of approaches is used to tailor sessions to each person’s situation.

Jacintha speaks English and Afrikaans and practices in the United Kingdom. She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Her work welcomes exploration of attachment, adoption and foster care issues, body image, cancer-related concerns, bereavement and many other life challenges.

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BACP	171917	August 2026

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Sessions and payment

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Jacintha lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Self esteem
Relationship issues
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Depression
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counselling
Immigration issues
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Money and financial issues
Multicultural concerns
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Visually impaired
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Ways of working Jacintha names

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How Jacintha uses talking therapies online

Jacintha combines person-centred work with mindfulness and trauma-informed methods to support people over video or phone. Person-centred counselling focuses on listening and helping a person discover their own solutions rather than giving direct answers; it suits issues like low self-esteem, grief and life transitions. Mindfulness work teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and calm anxiety. Trauma-focused methods help people safely explore and make sense of painful memories and difficult events while paying attention to present-day safety and pacing.

Deciding which approach to try is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through a person's goals, preferences and day-to-day circumstances and then suggest ways to proceed. That plan can shift over time as trust grows and needs change, so sessions often mix different techniques to find what helps most.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives or who live at a distance. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit quick check-ins or those who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit counselling into work, family and travel schedules and to keep continuity when routines change.

Frequently asked

What kinds of problems does Jacintha help with?

She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression and grief, as well as trauma and abuse. Other areas include relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and carer stress, eating and body image concerns, and career or life changes.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her work is primarily person-centred, which means she listens and helps people find their own answers. She also uses mindfulness, solution-focused techniques and trauma-informed tools when appropriate.

What experience does she have?

Jacintha has around 25 years' experience in counselling and mental health work across community and family-related settings. She has supported people through cultural transition, trauma, abuse and other long-term stresses.

Is she registered with a professional body and where is she based?

She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.

Can I work with her if I live abroad or speak another language?

Sessions are offered in English and Afrikaans, and she does accept international clients.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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