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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I’m Jon. I’m an integrative counsellor, and I’m currently able to offer sessions in-person, via video call or over the phone.
I trained in a number of different psychotherapeutic approaches. My aim is to adapt how I work, and which approaches I’m drawing upon, depending on the needs of the client I am working with.
I want to help clients bring about the change they seek - that might be a change in behaviour, or a change in outcomes, or it could be a change through developing a greater understanding.
There’s no real substitute for talking to find out whether you would want to work with me. I offer a free 25 minute consultation over the phone, so if you think you would like to discuss working together, or if you have any questions, please email, call, or text me using the links at the top of this profile.
Training, qualifications & experience
My route into counselling was through supporting clients with loss and bereavement. First I volunteered with, and then I became a member of staff at a bereavement charity, where I worked while I completed my counselling training.
My practice now is much broader than solely working with loss, but many of the lessons that I learnt through my early work with grief continue to resonate in my current work with clients. Partly this resonance is because some of the issues which I work on with clients most frequently (such as feelings of depression, anxiety, ‘feeling stuck’) I first encountered with clients who were grieving. But the most valuable lesson I learned from working with bereaved clients is an understanding of how to work with a client to help bring about change.
I am keen to keep my practice as broad as possible. I worked hard to train and qualify as a counsellor because I enjoy working with people, and I believe my practice and my clients benefit from my determination to try and work with as broad a range of people as possible, across all the areas I am qualified to support.
Nevertheless, there are four core areas which tend to cover a lot of my day-to-day practice.
Work-related stress / Burnout
I worked previously as a Wellbeing Counsellor for an Employee Assistance Programme (EAPs), and I continue to work with corporate clients via EAPs as a counsellor in private practice. Prior to training as a therapist I worked for 16 years in the legal and publishing sectors in London.
The reality of working in the corporate sector means that a number of my clients bring elements of work-related stress or burnout to the therapy room, even if that may not be the main issue they are seeking to explore.
I work with a broad spectrum of clients, from those who are managing the effects of stress and are becoming curious about exploring a change in their career, through to clients who are experiencing extreme symptoms of burnout and feel at a point of crisis.
If you would like to discuss your situation with me, please do contact me for a free 25 minute phone consultation using the links at the top of this profile.
Family issues / Estrangement
Ever since beginning my training I have worked with clients who are seeking support for issues relating to their family, including everything from difficulties in communication through to complete family estrangement.
Family issues can be highly complex, but I have supported a number of clients and worked successfully with them to help them to manage these issues better.
If you would like to discuss your situation with me, please do contact me for a free 25 minute phone consultation using the links at the top of this profile.
Bereavement / Grief
I volunteered with the UK’s leading bereavement charity before choosing to train as a counsellor. Whilst undertaking my training, I joined the charity as a member of staff, working on their national helpline.
Whilst I have since left the charity, I continue to use much of the experience and training I had there in my private practice supporting bereaved clients, in particular when working in short-term (6-8 sessions) therapy, and also through working with bereavement clients in ongoing, longer-term therapy.
If you would like to discuss your situation with me, please do contact me for a free 25 minute phone consultation using the links at the top of this profile.
Depression / Low Mood
I have considerable experience of supporting clients who are experiencing low mood or depression.
I work with a broad range of clients, from those who have never tried therapy before, right through to clients who have had extensive previous therapy and already have a broad toolkit of methods to help manage their symptoms.
If you would like to discuss your situation with me, please do contact me for a free 25 minute phone consultation using the links at the top of this profile.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I am always happy to have a (free) phone call with a client before we decide to work together, to discuss how I work and answer any questions you might have.
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