Jacintha Canary
Compassionate person-centred counselling
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About Jacintha
Jacintha Canary combines more than 25 years of practice in counselling and mental health with a personal journey from South Africa to the United Kingdom. She presents herself as a Christian, and that faith forms part of her identity, but she works with people of all faiths and none.
Jacintha aims to help people move toward a more balanced, healthy life by listening and walking alongside them through change. Her background includes work across family interactions, domestic abuse, trauma, abandonment, addictions, resilience and adapting to new cultures.
Background and approach
She has supported people facing anxiety, grief, depression and career changes, and has addressed body image, caregiver stress and the effects of natural or human-caused disasters. She also helps with issues around intimacy, relationships and communication. Jacintha’s main clinical approach is person-centred counselling, as reflected in her Postgraduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling.
She emphasises exploration rather than giving answers and encourages clients to find their own solutions. In practice this means reflective listening, open questions and supporting people to notice their own thoughts and feelings. She also integrates a traumafocused framework and elements of Internal Family Systems along with mindfulness and solution-focused techniques when these match a person’s needs.
Jacintha uses a method called QSL - Quantum Social Learning - which involves body mapping and attending to bodily sensations as part of self-exploration and healing. Her qualifications also include teaching and sports training, a certificate in the QSL framework, and community leadership work. Sessions are offered in English and Afrikaans, and she accepts international clients who wish to work with her.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 25
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 171917
- Languages
- English, Afrikaans
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Jacintha's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Jacintha works online
She also uses trauma-focused methods that encourage gentle attention to past and present trauma, and mindfulness techniques that help people notice thoughts, emotions and bodily sensations in the moment. Trauma-focused work can help with processing painful memories, while mindfulness supports stress reduction and clearer thinking.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She discusses options with each client and adapts methods to match the person’s goals, needs and preferences. That collaborative planning means techniques can change over time as progress is made.
Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can use different methods to help you build coping skills and reflect on difficult experiences, and Jacintha will work with clients to decide what feels most useful.
Questions and answers
What concerns does Jacintha help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and life changes, plus issues such as trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy questions, eating and body image concerns, and caregiver strain.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is person-centred, meaning she listens and helps clients explore their own answers. She also blends mindfulness, solution-focused ideas and trauma-aware techniques when helpful.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has worked in counselling and mental health for 25 years and draws on that long experience alongside her own lived experience as a former client.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a member of the BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions available in?
Sessions are offered in English and Afrikaans.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are accepted and may arrange to work with her from other countries.
How are fees and payment arranged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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