BACP Registered Psychotherapist · 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 psychotherapist 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 contemporary 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 psychotherapist.
What Brings People to Therapy
When the life you are living no longer fits.
People seek therapy for many different reasons. Often, they 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. Many people appear to be functioning well on the surface while carrying far more than others realise.
Whether your challenge is immediate or harder to define, therapy offers a place to slow down and give your experience more attention. You do not need to be in crisis to begin the work. Whatever brings you here, this can be a space to make sense of your experience and consider how you want to be in the world.
Some of the reasons people come to see me include:
- Anxiety, depression and overwhelming stress
- Work-related stress, burnout and life transitions
- Relationship difficulties, including infidelity
- Grief, bereavement and loss
- ADHD and autism
- Questions of identity and sexuality
- Suicidal thoughts and emotional crisis
- Meaning, purpose and life direction
Every person's experience is different, and you do not need to fit into any particular category to benefit from therapy.
"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 Psychotherapist, Faculty, The School of Life
How I Work
Thoughtful, relational therapy.
In lives often marked by busyness, distraction, and constant demands, therapy offers a rare opportunity to pause and reflect. Sessions are conversational and collaborative, and people often tell me they feel at ease. Together, we create a space where difficult experiences can be explored honestly. Here, you don't have to perform or have all the answers. I know it can take courage to speak honestly about the parts of ourselves we usually keep hidden, so I bring warmth, honesty, and thoughtful challenge, working alongside you to make sense of your experience rather than trying to fix or judge it.
I don't believe people are problems to be solved. More often, I find that when we slow down together and become curious about what may be happening beneath the surface, we begin to see things differently. With that often comes greater freedom: the freedom to relate differently to yourself, to others, and to the choices you face. Meaningful change rarely comes from forcing ourselves to be different, but from feeling deeply understood and meeting ourselves with a little more compassion and a little less fear.
Qualifications
Training, registration & ethical practice.
Registration
BACP Registered
Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). Currently working towards UKCP registration.
Training
Advanced Diploma, Integrative Psychotherapy
Diploma, Counselling
Four-year postgraduate clinical training at a UKCP-accredited training 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.
Length of therapy
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