Brett Garcia, BACP

Brett Garcia is a counsellor with 20 years of experience who draws on integrative and psychodynamic ideas. He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and offers a calm, non-judgemental space to talk through difficult feelings and life changes.

He uses a collaborative style that looks at what is happening now and what may lie beneath the surface. Sessions often explore patterns in relationships, early experiences, and how these shape current reactions and choices. This plain approach can make intense problems easier to understand.

Brett pays particular attention to neurodiversity and trauma, and he aims to adapt the way he works to each person. He describes his practice as trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming, and he tailors sessions to communication preferences and lived experience.

He has broad experience with stress, anxiety, low mood, grief, relationship and attachment difficulties, addiction-related concerns, and issues around identity and intimacy. Additional focus areas include long-term health conditions, chronic pain, caregiving stress, and the strains of high-pressure roles.

Before moving into private practice he spent more than a decade in senior clinical roles within the UK National Health Service, including clinical lead and senior specialist positions. He also brings experience from organisational psychology, coaching, and mentoring work with charities and entrepreneurs.

How Brett’s approaches can work online

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current connections and reactions. Online sessions can help people spot patterns in relationships and try different ways of relating in day-to-day life.

Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of the session, with the counsellor listening and reflecting rather than directing. This style helps when someone needs a steady, empathetic space to talk through emotional overwhelm and make sense of choices.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical tools to change unhelpful patterns. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep and coping with health challenges by testing thoughts and trying small behavioural experiments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then shape sessions together. That collaborative process can combine different methods as needs change.

If you are considering online therapy, check which session formats the therapist currently offers before booking. Ask about practical arrangements and how sessions fit into your routine so they work around commitments, quieter times in the day, or shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find online work easier to fit around work, care duties and ongoing health appointments when the format matches their daily life.