Jackie Cornmell
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About me
What makes my approach unique is how I am able to integrate therapeutic counselling with coaching when appropriate to your needs. I will support you through emotional challenges while fostering personal growth, well-being, and practical outcomes. My holistic, pluralistic approach aims to create meaningful, lasting change by drawing on a range of tailored therapeutic methods.
I am a warm, open, and curious therapist, offering you a safe, supportive space where you feel valued and understood—free to explore emotions, challenges, and aspirations with kindness and respect.
With a background in Psychology, I bring a deep understanding of human behaviour and well-being, using evidence-based strategies to cultivate self-awareness, self-compassion, and resilience. Together, we’ll explore your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, navigate relationships, and work toward achievable goals. This may include reflecting on your childhood experiences and how they shape your emotional responses, relationships, and behavioural patterns. Gaining insight into these early influences can foster healing, build resilience, and empower you to create new ways of relating to yourself and others.
As a person-centred and pluralistic counsellor, I recognize that different clients need different things. The therapeutic relationship is at the heart of our work, and I draw from experience and validated techniques to support your growth and healing. I tailor my approach in collaboration with you, ensuring we find what works best. Whether you need a reflective space or structured tools, we will adapt our sessions to best support your process.
When appropriate, I incorporate coaching to help overcome obstacles and achieve measurable goals. My practical, flexible approach empowers you to build confidence, self-worth, and improve your overall situation.
I offer in-person or online sessions with flexible options for short- or long-term therapy and coaching.
In our first therapy session together, my priority is to create a warm and welcoming space where you feel truly safe, deeply heard, and fully supported. I understand that reaching out for counselling can be a big step, and I want you to know that this is your time, your space, and your journey.
In this first meeting, we’ll take some time to get to know each other. You can share as much or as little as you’re ready to, and we’ll gently explore what’s brought you to counselling, what you might be hoping to gain, and how I can best support you. Together, we’ll start to shape a path forward that feels meaningful and empowering for you.
More than anything, I want you to feel supported as you take this brave step. This is your space to be you, and I’m here to walk alongside you as you navigate whatever challenges or questions you’re facing.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold an Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, a Master's Degree in Psychology, advanced certification in both Coaching, and Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy. This training allows me to integrate evidence-based theory and practice, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to my therapeutic approach and to the work you and I embark upon. I continue to regularly pursue further learning opportunities to deepen my knowledge and understanding of human psychology and behaviour and how to provide effective therapeutic support to my clients.
My core approach is rooted in the person-centered approach, meaning you, as a unique individual, are at the heart of our work. Rather than leading, I collaborate with you to explore your concerns, understand your needs, and support you in making any changes you may choose to make in your life.
Using a pluralistic approach facilitates flexibility and collaboration by drawing from different therapeutic models to suit your unique needs and preferences. In our work together, we can explore how you explain why things happen in your life, whether you believe you have control over your outcomes, and where you seek validation. By understanding these patterns, we can uncover how they shape your experiences, empowering you to make more informed choices and find greater self-acceptance. With advanced training, I use a range of approaches to support our work, including techniques to work with single-session trauma (Rewind), methods for exploring communication patterns, understanding how we form and maintain relationships, practices to enhance self-awareness and emotional regulation, and expressive activities to help process emotions and experiences. I also offer Focusing, a gentle, body-oriented approach that supports you in listening inwardly to what you’re feeling just beneath the surface—often known as a “felt sense”—to help you gain deeper insight, clarity, and emotional relief.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£45.00 - £55.00
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer concessionary rates, we can discuss this at our introductory session.
When I work
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I offer flexible sessions to suit your needs whether you are a shift worker or have a variety of commitments, we will seek to find the most suitable time for us both.
Further information
I work with adults of all ages just like you, who can, at any time, find life a real challenge and seem overwhelming. Such experiences can disrupt and disturb our well-being, relationships, work, leisure, commitments, enjoyment, motivation, self-esteem, and life in general.
I offer a free telephone or online half-hour introductory session, or if you'd prefer in-person introduction there is a charge of £20. Here we can chat about your needs and explore if working with me feels right for you. Counselling and/or coaching needs to be a supportive and effective relationship and so it needs to feel right. Having the opportunity to talk it through before you commit will ensure you are making the best choice for you based on what you need.
My working days are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. I aim to respond to your inquiry within 48 hours.
