Jonathan Wilkes

Jonathan Wilkes, BACP, offers person-centred counselling that aims to help people feel heard and understood. He makes space for difficult emotions and works gently at each person's pace. He mentions experience with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety and grief, and also with issues such as addiction and isolation and loneliness.

Jonathan uses a psychosynthesis-informed approach and draws on other practical methods when helpful. He listens closely and aims to build trust through steady, weekly contact so people can open up when they're ready. This simple, relational way of working underpins his practice.

In sessions he may bring in tools from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and mindfulness to address patterns of thought, emotional regulation and present-moment coping. He also uses somatic and breathing practices to help with bodily felt distress. He adapts techniques to what each person needs rather than following a rigid plan.

His background includes a postgraduate diploma in Psychosynthesis and a BSc (Hons) in Psychology. He has worked in counselling and psychotherapeutic roles since 2018, and earlier roles involved supporting adults and young people with complex mental health needs and learning difficulties.

Jonathan welcomes emotional expression and supports people through painful material such as trauma, loss and shame. He aims to help people notice patterns shaped by early experience and to find new ways of being that feel more sustainable. Work proceeds at a practical, human pace and focuses on real changes in day-to-day life.

How Jonathan’s approaches translate to online therapy

Jonathan draws on client-centred work that focuses on understanding your experience and building trust. This approach centres the person and helps when someone needs a calm space to be heard and understood, for example when working through grief, isolation or shame.

He also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and provides straightforward exercises to change unhelpful patterns. CBT can help with anxiety, low mood and repetitive negative thinking by offering practical steps to try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jonathan will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit their situation. The choice of techniques is collaborative and can shift as the work develops.

The biography notes he has worked online and face to face, but does not list specific digital formats here, so please confirm what session types are currently offered before booking. Online therapy can make fitting sessions around work and family life easier, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use practices such as breathing or mindfulness together with conversational work, helping change feel practical and doable in daily life.