JACQUELINE GREEN COUNSELLING
ABOUT ME
Hi, I’m Jacqueline.
Originally from Wales and now living on the East Coast of Scotland, I’m an experienced counsellor and psychotherapist working with young people and adults.
I offer counselling online, in person through Walk & Talk therapy outdoors in nature.
Counselling with me is a deeply personal experience.
I often work with people who are going through, or have been through, big life changes that shake their sense of who they are. My role is to help you reconnect to yourself, steady your footing, and build confidence and trust in your own way forward.
Although I work with all kinds of emotional challenges, some areas I specialise in include:
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Life transitions and self-reflection – times when something shifts - children leaving home, a bereavement, a career change, moving house, becoming a parent, friendship or relationship endings, or even quieter moments of reflection that leave you questioning your identity, or what you want next in life.
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Adolescence and young adulthood – Supporting young people to manage anxiety, pressures from school or social life, and the struggle of figuring out who they are becoming.
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Trauma and loss – Helping you gently process painful experiences so they no longer control your present.
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Relationships and family breakdown – Working through conflict, disconnection, or separation, and helping you find healthier ways of relating to yourself and others.
I am trauma-informed and somatically experienced, which means I don’t just focus on talking therapy but also on the way experiences live in the body.
Often, stress, depression, fear, or grief show up in the body. By gently noticing and working with these embodied feelings, it becomes possible to release what has been carried for too long, creating deeper healing and lasting change.
I’m a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), with over 15 years’ experience in the mental health field. My background includes working in schools, the NHS, charities, and private practice. I am also a qualified clinical supervisor, supporting other counsellors in their work.
I am fully insured, registered with the ICO, and committed to ongoing supervision and professional development.
![Intellectualisers listen up!!!!! 👂‼️🔔😝
We spend so much time trying to understand ourselves - analysing, explaining, making sense of why we feel the way we do. Thinking that if we understand, it’ll be easier to hold, or things will change.
But understanding isn’t the same as healing.
In the therapy room, I sit with people who know exactly what’s going on for them. They can describe their patterns, talk about their triggers, even empathise with the parts of themselves that struggle.
And yet… they still feel stuck.
[I was stuck too!! I read the books, did all the training, emotional awareness was top notch, but I too previously wondered…. But what now?]
That’s because emotions live in the body.
They’re not just things we feel or that we can talk about, they’re things we physically experience….
The tension in your jaw.
The lump in your throat.
The heaviness in your chest.
The tears that keep coming.
The gut that never behaves as we want it to.
They’re the body’s way of saying: “something here needs attention”.
Somatic work helps us tune into those sensations…
to track them, stay curious, and allow them to move through rather than get trapped.
It’s how trauma release begins.
It’s how we start to feel less “stuck” and more in tune.
In therapy with me, it isn’t about trying to think your way through, there’s another way…..
it’s about reconnecting with the parts of you that have been quietly carrying everything all along.
If you’ve been trying to understand yourself but still don’t feel any different, this might be where we begin.
Talking therapy - somatics - trauma - experiencing - release.
Get in touch if this speaks to you and you’re wondering where to begin 👋
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