BACP Registered Therapeutic Counsellor · London & Kent Coast
A place to reflect, feel, and be understood.
I work with adults experiencing anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, loss, burnout, and questions of identity, meaning, and self-worth.
Therapy offers a chance to step out of the demands and noise of everyday life to consider your own experience and listen more closely to your wants and needs.
About Jack
A practice built on attention, time, and trust.
I am a BACP-registered therapeutic counsellor working privately with adults. I currently offer sessions from a central London clinic, in a quiet consulting room on the Kent coast, and online.
My approach is humanistic and relational, informed by research and shaped by years of clinical experience across a range of settings. Before training as a therapist, I spent over two decades working as a musician, songwriter and producer. The creative world brought exciting opportunities and taught me the value of collaboration, but it also exposed me to instability, disillusionment, and the challenge of finding a stable sense of self amidst constant uncertainty and change.
Personal therapy, meditation, and a deepening interest in psychology became important sources of grounding and reflection, ultimately leading me to retrain as a therapeutic counsellor.
What Brings People to Therapy
When the life you are living no longer fits.
People seek therapy for many different reasons. You might be struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, loss, relationship difficulties, burnout, or overwhelming emotional or physical pain. Often, clients find themselves at a crossroads — navigating change, questioning old beliefs, or feeling increasingly disconnected from themselves and those around them.
Many people arrive because life has become difficult in ways they did not expect, or cannot understand. They may feel stuck in repeating patterns, disconnected in relationships, overwhelmed by responsibility, uncertain about their future, or frustrated that success has not brought the sense of fulfilment they expected. Often, one might appear to be functioning well on the surface while carrying a great deal beneath it.
Whether your challenge is immediate or harder to define, therapy offers a place to slow down and pay attention to what may be happening beneath the surface. You do not need to be in crisis to begin the work.
Many people come seeking a deeper understanding of themselves, their relationships, and the choices they face. Therapy provides space to make sense of our experience and consider how we want to be in the world.
"Jack is a deeply thoughtful and empathic therapist who creates safe, trusting connections with his clients who feel seen and understood by him."
David Waters
BACP Accredited Therapeutic Counsellor, Faculty, The School of Life
How I Work
Thoughtful, relational therapy.
Sessions are conversational and collaborative. Together, we create a space where difficult experiences can be explored honestly, while curiosity, humour, creativity, and moments of unexpected insight have room to emerge. Some people come with a clear difficulty; others arrive with a feeling that something in life is no longer working, even if they cannot yet put it into words.
I am particularly interested in how early relationships, unconscious patterns, and unspoken expectations continue to shape the present. In lives often marked by busyness, distraction, and constant demands, therapy offers a rare opportunity to pause and reflect.
We pay attention to thoughts, feelings, relationships, recurring patterns, and the questions that matter most. Over time, this can lead to greater self-understanding, new possibilities, and a different way of relating to yourself, others, and the life you are living.
Qualifications
Training, registration & ethical practice.
Registration
BACP Registered Therapeutic Counsellor
Full clinical membership of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy.
Training
Advanced Diploma, Integrative Psychotherapy (ongoing)
Diploma, Counselling
Four-year clinical training with a UKCP-accredited centre.
Ongoing
Supervision & continuing study
Regular clinical supervision and continuing professional development, as required by registration.
Working Together
Sessions
Sessions are 50 minutes and take place weekly in London, on the Kent coast, or online.
Location
Therapy is typically open-ended, though shorter-term work can be discussed where appropriate.
Fees
My fee is £70 per session.
Initial call
I offer a complimentary 30-minute call to discuss what brings you to therapy and whether working together feels like a good fit.
ARRANGE A CALL
Taking the first step.
If you are considering therapy, the first step is a complimentary 30-minute call by Zoom or telephone. This offers an opportunity to discuss what has brought you here and whether we might be a good fit to work together.
Arrange a call- jack@jackgourlay.com
- Telephone
- 07837 444514