About Jackie

I grew up in Texas, where my love of horses and the wide, open spaces took root early. I spent most of my days outdoors, without realizing at the time just how healing that connection to nature would be. It’s only now, looking back, that I see how profoundly it shaped the direction of my life.

 

At 14, everything changed when I moved to England with my mom. That experience taught me what it means to start over, to feel unmoored, and to find your way back to yourself slowly.

 

In the years that followed, I trained and qualified as an integrative psychotherapist in the UK, specializing in somatic parts work and trauma-informed practice. I’ve worked with both children and adults through some of life’s most complex and tender moments. Since 2017, my work has been grounded in deep listening, compassion, and helping people make sense of their inner world, offering space for both pain and possibility through play-based intervention and approach. 

 

When my dad passed away suddenly in 2021, everything shifted again. It was a painful, defining moment, and it made one thing crystal clear: life is short, and it was time to start listening to that quiet knowing I’d been carrying for years.

 

That knowing led me back to the horses.

 

In 2024, I traveled to California to train with the Center for Equus Coaching, completing their Level 2 ICF-accredited program. What I found was profound. The presence of a horse can reflect our truth with more clarity and honesty than anything I’ve ever experienced, in all my years and all my training as a psychotherapist. 

​

Whilst my focus is now on Equus coaching, I continue to draw on my background as a psychotherapist and integrate therapeutic tools and trauma-informed approaches into sessions when needed.

​