About Jonathan
Jonathan Smith is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing addictions, relationship strain, family difficulties, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges. He also supports those dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, intimacy issues, eating or sleeping problems, anger, low self-esteem and career concerns. Jonathan uses straightforward language and a calm manner to make conversations easier to start.
He draws on six years of counselling practice and prior experience in information technology to offer practical help.
How Jonathan works
He holds membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and that registration is part of his professional identity. Sessions focus on what a person wants to change and what feels most helpful right now. Jonathan combines person-centred listening with cognitive behavioural tools to spot unhelpful thinking and try small experiments that can change daily habits.
He also uses mindfulness techniques to help people manage stress and Motivational Interviewing to support change when someone feels stuck. Solution-Focused Therapy helps him work toward concrete goals and next steps. People often come to him for help with codependency, commitment or communication problems, caregiver stress, or recovery from separation and domestic violence.
He also supports those coping with guilt, shame, impulsivity, infidelity, isolation and fatherhood concerns. Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Jonathan aims to make first steps simple and manageable, and he works at a pace chosen by each person.
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What Jonathan works with
The areas below are the ones Jonathan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Jonathan blends Client-Centred Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to provide both listening and practical work. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding the person's perspective and building a trusting space for honest conversation. CBT looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and offers straightforward exercises to shift unhelpful habits, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.He also uses Mindfulness Therapy to bring attention to the present moment and reduce reactivity to stress. Mindfulness can be useful for managing anxiety, anger and sleeping difficulties by teaching simple attention exercises to use day to day. Choosing which approach to use is a collaborative decision; the therapist works with each person to match methods to their goals, needs and preferences and will adapt as work progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls suit conversations that benefit from seeing one another, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help fit therapy around work, family life and other commitments.
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