Counsellor
Counselling with Jonathan- phone online in-person
WHY COUNSELLING?
BACKGROUND
In counselling, you do most of the talking: you are the best-informed person about yourself, after all. My part is first to listen fully, without judgment and with openness to your situation, and to reflect back clearly what I hear. This first stage may provide a lot of relief by itself, and you may want just to stop there. Where we go next can take a variety of routes; a deeper exploration of your past, 'here and now' work using the body, creative approaches, or a sharing of theoretical understanding. Whether longer or shorter term work is entered into; mutual agreement and respect are central. Either way, we aim to get to the heart of the matter, finding your own wisdom and sanity in the situation you have brought, and to bring about the change that you need.
EXPERIENCE
Since 2001 I have used music therapeutically with children with complex needs, having been a musician, playing classical guitar professionally (after postgrad at Guildhall). Also since 2001 I have studied and practised meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. These experiences have given me a deep appreciation of mind, emotion, our search for meaning and creative expression and they continue to inform my counselling practice (begun in 2017), particularly when working with clients who find that words do not easily come when they connect to their experiences. I work with a wide range of English-speaking clients worldwide; with an emphasis on classical musicians and those with spiritual and end-of-life concerns.
-
Jonathan has been a practising Buddhist for nearly three decades, instructing meditation and compassion practices in the Rigpa Tibetan Buddhist tradition since 2009, and brings this understanding to JPR counselling . He studied TA counselling and psychotherapy at The Link Centre, Sussex. Before counselling, he had a career in classical music and therapeutic arts with visually impaired children and young people with complex needs, bringing body and voice work as a musician into a clinical setting. Passionate about ecology, he helps to run a smallholding in Sussex based on permaculture principles . He is an accredited member of the NCPS (National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society) and abide by its code of ethical practise.
SPECIALTIES AND PRICING (see also specialities page)
-
Persistent low mood, Anxiety
-
Neurodiversity
-
Emotional regulation
-
Loss of meaning
-
Grief, major life changes
-
Telephone/online sessions £55 per 50m session
-
In-person £62 per 50minute session
CONTACT
Please contact me to arrange a free initial session, or a confidential phone/online discussion of your needs. Texted and emailed questions are welcome too
PHONE
UK 07748717177
ADDRESS
In-person sessions held at The Appleyard, Seaford, East Sussex