- Years in practice
- 20
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Brett
Brett Garcia is a counsellor with over 20 years of experience who blends several therapeutic traditions to help people facing stress, relationship strains and parenting challenges. He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Brett offers a calm, thoughtful space where practical concerns and deeper feelings can be talked through together.
He works in a collaborative way. Sessions focus on what is happening now while also looking at patterns from earlier life that shape responses today.
Background and approach
That approach can help with anxiety, low mood, addictions, grief, trauma and self-esteem problems. Brett draws on attachment-based work, client-centred ways of relating and cognitive behavioural ideas. This mix allows conversations to shift between understanding relationship patterns, building useful skills and testing different ways of thinking and behaving.
He also uses motivational approaches to support change and help people set realistic goals. Many clients come with family and parenting stress, communication breakdowns, intimacy worries, or career pressures. He has experience with neurodiversity topics such as autism and ADHD, and works in ways that respect each person’s ways of coping and communicating.
Sessions are run in English and Brett works with people across the United Kingdom and internationally. He aims to make therapy manageable and tailored to each person’s pace and goals, combining thoughtful reflection with concrete steps for change.
What Brett works with
Everything Brett lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Brett helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Brett lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Attachment-based work helps people notice and change relationship patterns that affect how they connect, trust and respond to others. It is useful for concerns about communication, intimacy and parenting, because it focuses on how early bonds shape present behaviour.Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist listens without judgement and follows the client’s priorities, which helps build confidence and clarity when facing life changes or identity questions.
Cognitive behavioural methods look at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. This approach offers straightforward tools for managing anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and unhelpful habits through practical exercises and goal-setting.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to a person’s needs, goals and preferences so the plan feels collaborative and achievable.
Online therapy is offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give choice and flexibility. Video calls suit deeper conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports brief check-ins and messaging lets people reflect in their own time. These options help fit therapy around work, family and busy schedules while still linking people to registered or accredited professionals.
Questions people ask about Brett
What concerns does this counsellor help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and family difficulties, parenting worries, addictions, grief, self-esteem and related issues.
What is his therapeutic style like?
The approach is collaborative and reflective, combining attachment-based, client-centred and cognitive behavioural ideas to explore patterns and try practical strategies.
How much experience does he have?
He has twenty years of clinical experience working in a range of settings, including senior clinical roles within UK healthcare services.
Where is he based and what credential does he hold?
He works from the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts clients from outside the UK.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
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