Jonathan Pollard
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About me
I'm a BACP registered integrative therapist based in Walthamstow (E17), and Highams Park/Woodford Green (E4/IG8).
I can help you work through a range of problems you may be experiencing. These can be fitted into several broad categories:
Addressing trauma - helping you move on from experiences/memories that are negatively impacting your mind and body. This may be a single event or prolonged relationship.
Issues around identity and belonging (typically issues around gender, sexuality, social identity and so on).
Experiences of loss such as bereavement, life transitions, changes in health, and the loss of meaning that can result.
Repetitive destructive behaviours such as addictions, self-harm, phobias or obsessions.
Understanding a diagnosis or suspected diagnosis such as ADHD, autism or personality disorder.
Issues relating to intimacy and sex in relationships such as questions around sexuality, loss of libido and so on.
I understand things like anxiety, depression and stress as stemming from the categories of experience above.
How I work
A central part of my practice is careful listening. My aim is to help you feel safe and supported, enough that you are then able to explore what is troubling you.
Therapy can be simply a place where I can listen to you, confidentially and non-judgementally. This alone can bring relief. However, I believe that therapy is more than this. It can also enable you to make positive changes to your life, so that you feel more fulfilled. This happens through identifying and disentangling patterns which are holding you back, such that you are more self-aware and able to make more decisions as to how to live your life.
Next steps
I offer a free 15 minute introductory call if you have any questions or simply want to get a feel for how it might be for us to work together (link at the top of this page to book the intro call). If you then decide you would like to, we can arrange a first session. If you want to read more about my practice please visit my website (jonathanpollard.co.uk). I look forward to meeting you soon.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am registered with BACP. I have trained to diploma level and am currently working towards an MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy. I have worked with a broad range of people and issues during my time in private practice and in community therapy work.
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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Fees
£60.00 per session
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