About Jonathan
Jonathan Barratt is a counsellor who aims to help people facing anxiety, stress, addiction and other difficult life issues. He works in a warm, non-judgemental way and focuses on what the person needs in the moment. Jonathan uses straightforward tools and conversation to help people make practical changes.
He draws on person-centred ideas, which means he listens closely and follows the person's pace. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used where they fit - for example to spot thought patterns and build coping strategies.
Background and approach
He also uses solution-focused methods to set clear goals and track small steps forward. Jonathan has five years of experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. He has prior work within addiction services and has supported many people affected by addictive behaviours.
His background means he is familiar with practical, goal-oriented work alongside listening and reflection. Sessions are presented as a chance to talk honestly about feelings, behaviours and choices. Jonathan aims to help people identify what matters to them and to build realistic steps towards change.
He respects individual differences and pays attention to relationship patterns, grief, identity and coping with big life changes. People who value clear goals and a listening ear tend to find his approach helpful. Jonathan offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for people in the United Kingdom and internationally.
He works in English and uses a subscription-based arrangement for sessions that can be cancelled at any time.
Approaches and online therapy that focus on practical change
Jonathan uses a person-centred way of working that starts with listening. This approach means the conversation follows what matters most to the person and helps build trust and clarity before any practical steps are taken.He also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. CBT offers concrete exercises and coping techniques to change unhelpful patterns, useful for anxiety, stress, sleep issues and mood concerns.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Jonathan will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and agree a plan that feels right. That plan can change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps, phone sessions suit people who prefer not to use video, and live chat or text-based messaging can support shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching-style work. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, family or travel and to choose the format that best supports steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- 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
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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