Jonathan Wright
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About me
I'm a counsellor and work with people experiencing anxiety and depression. I've been in private practice since 2019. The way we'll work is often a mix of:
- Practical stuff - understanding what's happening in the body and nervous system, and learning to manage that with simple techniques
- Understanding yourself - why this might be happening (often connected to past experiences) and working through that as necessary
- Emotional support - analysis and intellectual comprehension are great but often some healing and repair is required 'below the neck', which is something we can do through gentle, supportive exploration of your feelings and emotions
- Encouraging your autonomy - a somewhat existential approach involving you taking full responsibility for your choices from this point on, without judgement from me, and leading to increased acceptance of yourself.
A more technical summary would be a combination of psychodynamic, cognitive and humanistic approaches, in an overarching relational framework.
I'm pretty friendly and easy going, but maintain firm boundaries and will be caring and direct with you. No topics are off-limits and I welcome clients of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, and backgrounds.
Primarily I work over Zoom. I offer face to face sessions in a pleasant room in Hythe, Kent.
Training, qualifications & experience
I qualified at a BACP-accredited NHS training institute, and have expanded on this training with further training in areas including:
Trauma
Delivering personalised therapy
Existentialism
Death anxiety
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Although there are many areas/issues not listed here, there's a chance that we can work with whatever you're bringing. For example if your situation includes a problematic relationship with alcohol, it may still be possible to work together to address the underlying issues - however I'm not a drug and alcohol counsellor so if that's the PRIMARY concern, I'd suggest seeking out a specialist. If there are issues that I can't work with for any reason, I'll certainly recommend you do that.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
Zoom sessions - currently available on Mondays - £60
Face to face sessions in Hythe, Kent - £70
All sessions are 50mins
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