I am licensed in the UK with 4 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, & motivation, self esteem, and confidence. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant personality, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Immigration issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #397451
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Extremely capable therapist with just the right amount of dark humour to match mine.
Written on Mar 23, 2025 after therapy with John for 1 year on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and adhd
John is a good listener and manage to see beyond the words. He keep you on track and ask the right questions so you can grow.
I can recommend him as a therapist.
Written on Mar 15, 2025 after therapy with John for 3 months on issues concerning relationship issues, self esteem, and adhd
Very helpful, got me out a hard time and was able to help me find and use the tools to improve myself - which had a major positive impact on my family and wife. I highly recommend John as a therapist. Very real and down to earth, with achievable goal setting.
Written on Feb 24, 2025 after therapy with John for 2 months on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, self esteem, and adhd
Great guy
Written on Jan 22, 2025 after therapy with John for 4 months on issues concerning anger management
Easy to talk to.
Patient, thoughtful and caring.
Written on Jan 08, 2025 after therapy with John for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, and coping with life changes
John is fantastic
Written on Nov 27, 2024 after therapy with John for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, and grief