Jacintha Canary, BACP
Jacintha Canary is a counsellor with 25 years of experience in mental health and wellbeing.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and Abuse
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About Jacintha
Jacintha Canary is a counsellor with 25 years of experience in mental health and wellbeing. She moved to the United Kingdom from South Africa and combines that life experience with a long career supporting people through major life changes. Jacintha holds a postgraduate diploma in Person-Centred Counselling and is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
She uses a person-centred style. Sessions focus on what matters to the client and on exploring choices together rather than giving ready-made answers.
Background and approach
Jacintha also draws on mindfulness and solution-focused ideas to help people notice what works and build small, practical steps forward. Many people come to her for help with stress, anxiety and depression. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, parenting strains and career pressure.
Additional areas of interest include abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, body image and caregiving stress. Jacintha uses body-mapping and somatic awareness in some work, based on a framework she has studied called QSL (Quantum Social Learning). This complements trauma-focused methods and helps people connect sensations with feelings and memories as part of healing.
She offers work in English and Afrikaans and accepts international clients. Her background in teaching, sports and community leadership informs a practical, down-to-earth style that is calm and steady. People who want a collaborative listener who helps them find their own answers may find her approach a good fit.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 171917 | August 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
What Jacintha works with
Everything Jacintha lists, 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
Approaches Jacintha lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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Online support
She also uses mindfulness-based practices to help people notice bodily sensations and thoughts in the moment. These techniques can be useful for managing anxiety, low mood and stress by building attention and calm. In addition she draws on solution-focused ideas to set small, achievable goals and track practical progress over time.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Jacintha treats this as a collaborative process and will adapt methods based on the client’s needs, goals and preferences. Together they decide which tools to use and how to apply them in everyday life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options help fit therapy around work, family and travel, and make it easier for international clients to connect with a registered professional.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Jacintha commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety and depression and also supports people dealing with trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains and career worries.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is person-centred, meaning she helps people explore their own answers rather than prescribing them. She mixes in mindfulness and solution-focused techniques for practical progress.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 25 years of experience in counselling and mental health roles, including work with family dynamics, trauma and community settings.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling and is registered with the BACP. She is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Afrikaans to accommodate clients who prefer either language.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are sessions priced?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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