Brett Garcia, BACP

Brett Garcia is an integrative and psychodynamic psychotherapist with over 20 years of clinical experience, registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) - the UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. He works with individuals, couples, families, and professionals, offering a compassionate and non-judgemental space to explore emotional difficulties, relationships, identity, and major life transitions.

Brett adopts a collaborative and reflective style that seeks to understand underlying causes of distress as well as immediate symptoms. His practice draws on integrative, psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, and humanistic approaches, allowing work to focus on present-day challenges while also exploring earlier experiences and unconscious patterns that shape feelings, behaviour, and self-understanding. His practice is trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming, and all therapy is conducted in English.

He has extensive experience across anxiety, stress, low mood, relationship and attachment difficulties, trauma and complex life events, neurodiversity including ADHD and autism, identity and self-esteem, work-related stress and burnout, and challenges common to high-pressure roles. Brett spent over a decade in senior clinical leadership roles within the UK National Health Service, including positions as Senior Clinical Specialist and Clinical Lead, and is clinically trained in the assessment of autism in both children and adults. He has worked across social care, education, health services, and private practice.

Alongside therapeutic work, Brett brings executive coaching and leadership development experience, supporting founders, entrepreneurs, and professionals navigating responsibility, decision-making, and organisational change. He has held strategic roles such as Chair of a mental health NGO and contributes to training and research with universities and international networks. He also mentors entrepreneurs and early-stage business founders through charitable work. Clients often describe his work as grounding, thoughtful, and practical, and he welcomes international clients and people from all backgrounds, including those from marginalised or high-pressure communities.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships influence current patterns of relating and emotional responses. It helps clients explore attachment styles, improve intimacy, and address difficulties in relationships and trust. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises a respectful, non-directive stance where the therapist provides empathy and unconditional positive regard to help clients discover their own solutions and build self-understanding; it is well suited to issues of identity, self-esteem, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers structured, practical techniques to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, helping with anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Brett collaborates with each client to identify the methods that best match their needs, goals, and communication style, and adapts the work as understanding deepens and circumstances change. This collaborative stance helps tailor sessions to individual preferences and outcomes.

Online therapy with Brett includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules, geographical constraints, or mobility considerations. Working remotely makes it possible to fit therapy into everyday life and to maintain continuity of support across locations, while still engaging with licensed professionals and therapists who can guide the process effectively.