Counsellor & EMDR Therapist
Jacquie Haylett
BACP Accreditation 00917319
She/her
You do not need to struggle alone. Even when everything feels dark, I will hold hope that together we can find a way through.
WHO I help
For people who've been carrying emotional pain for a very long time — often without fully realising its weight.
Jacquie works with adults and couples navigating a wide range of difficulties: anxiety, trauma, grief, eating disorders, ADHD, autism, relationship challenges, perimenopause, addiction, and the particular exhaustion of having held everything together for too long.
Many of her clients appear outwardly confident and capable. Beneath that is a different experience — anxiety, self-doubt, emotional pain, or a deep tiredness from masking how they truly feel. They may feel like they can't burden others with what they're carrying.
Growing up in a family affected by chronic illness and bereavement gave Jacquie an early and personal understanding of what it means to live with grief, loss, and ongoing health difficulties. That understanding is at the heart of how she works.
The struggles people bring to therapy are often rooted in emotional pain carried for a very long time — sometimes without recognising just how much of an impact it's had.
how i work
Safe, collaborative, and genuinely built around you.
Working with Jacquie feels safe, calm, and accepting. She offers both short-term counselling and longer-term psychotherapy, and she's trained across a wide range of approaches: person-centred, EMDR, IFS, CBT, DBT, somatic therapy, and more — drawing on what fits each person.
The first priority is always safety and trust. Many clients have spent a long time masking, carrying shame, or trying to cope alone — and simply having a space to no longer do that can be profoundly powerful in itself.
Over time, therapy helps clients understand their patterns, triggers, and behaviours with more compassion and less shame. Relationships can improve, boundaries can strengthen, and a real sense of self can begin to emerge.
I believe people have an extraordinary capacity to heal — even after deeply painful experiences, even when life feels hopeless.
It's nice to meet you!
Quietly mischievous. Notoriously bad at making tea.
Jacquie's path to this work was shaped by years volunteering within a hospice bereavement support team and working in an NHS mental health setting — alongside her own personal experiences of grief and loss.
Time in nature restores her most: long walks with her dog, exploring the countryside on her horse, anything near the sea or water. That's her happy place.
Her friends would describe her as playful, warm, and quietly mischievous with a good sense of humour. She is also a notoriously bad host — mainly because she doesn't drink tea or coffee herself, which means the brews she makes for guests tend to get quietly abandoned.
Specialisms
Anxiety
Depression
Trauma & PTSD
Grief & loss
Eating disorders
Relationships
Neurodivergence
Addiction
Perimenopause
Sleep
Anger
Work & career
Parenting
Session information
£50–£80 — please enquire
In-person and online
https://www.acorncounselling.co.uk
jacquie@acorncounselling.co.uk
