Juan Michael Gonzalez MBACP Reg.

About me

In this unsettling time, provoked by the COVID-19 crisis, I am offering reduced rate telephone/online sessions.  Although it's not the same as coming in person, telephone and online sessions can be just as meaningful, supportive and important.

Regardless of how you and I meet, counselling is a confidential space where you can bring yourself and be seen and heard, just as you are. In sessions, you can begin to share your story and what brings you.  You can expect to be met by a careful and sensitive listener. Depending on your needs, hopes and goals for sessions, we might agree a number of sessions or work ongoing. At times, we might work with your feelings and body sensations that arise. At other times, we might think practically about your situation. Or, we might notice what occurs between us, or what occurred in your past. These invitations to reflect and notice, may be guides to discover what is helpful for you.  In the current world context (impacting all of us), I hope at the very least sessions may be a supportive source of contact and connection.

I have experience working with a range of life challenges: addictions and compulsions, eating distress and body concerns; loss, sadness, anxiety and panic; burnout and breakdown; self-harm and suicidal thoughts; intersections of culture, race, disability, gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity; abuse, inter-generational and ancestral trauma.