Jonathan Smith, BACP

Jonathan Smith is a counsellor who supports people facing addictions, relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, stress and anxiety. He also helps with parenting concerns, grief, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, low self-esteem and career questions. Jonathan uses everyday language and practical conversation to help clients talk through what matters to them.

Jonathan holds membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, often shown as BACP. He brings six years of counselling experience and earlier professional experience in IT to his work. He also draws on his own family life to understand common pressures and choices.

In sessions he aims to build an open, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared. He focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thinking and everyday habits and on discovering small changes that make a difference. The client is invited to set the pace and priorities for therapy.

His approach mixes client-centred listening with practical methods from cognitive behavioural ideas, mindfulness and solution-focused work. Motivational interviewing techniques are used when people want to make a change but feel stuck or uncertain.

People come to Jonathan for many reasons - coping with life changes, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related struggles, codependency, communication problems and issues around commitment or infidelity. He encourages realistic steps and regular check-ins so progress can be noticed as it happens.

How therapy approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy is built around respectful listening and supporting the client to lead sessions. It aims to help people feel heard and to find their own answers for relationship, family or identity concerns.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and everyday habits and then testing new ways of thinking and acting. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and anger, and to change routines that keep problems going.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches practical attention skills to reduce reactivity and improve coping with stress, grief or trauma reminders. It supports noticing thoughts and feelings without immediately acting on them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels realistic, and will adapt methods as needed. This is a collaborative process where the client helps decide priorities.

Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, reduce travel time and offer shorter or longer check-ins when needed. Many people find remote appointments help them maintain continuity through life changes while still using practical, goal-focused methods.