Perhaps you want practical help with worry. Perhaps you want to understand a relationship pattern, feel more confident or make sense of a difficult change.
The approaches below offer different ways of exploring those experiences. They are starting points for a conversation about your needs. We can discuss suitability together, and you are welcome to enquire even if none of the names feels familiar.
For an independent overview of the terminology, BACP’s guide to types of therapy explains the main approaches.
Space to explore confidence, boundaries, relationships and the direction you would like your life to take. A starting point when you feel ready for change but are unsure where to begin.
Explore Personal Development CounsellingAn approach centred on your experience and the things that matter to you, with an emphasis on empathy, acceptance and your own capacity for growth.
Explore Person-Centered TherapyAn approach that explores bodily sensations alongside thoughts and feelings, helping you notice how stress shows up and what feels manageable to work through.
Explore Somatic TherapyExplores connections between thoughts, feelings and behaviour, and ways of responding to patterns that are making everyday life difficult.
Explore Cognitive Behavioural TherapyLooks at your strengths, what is already helping and the small, achievable steps that could move you towards a preferred future.
Explore Solution-Focused TherapyExplores what matters to you, your present actions and relationships, and practical choices within your influence that may support your needs.
Explore Reality TherapyOffers a way of understanding recurring patterns in communication, relationships and the beliefs you hold about yourself and others.
Explore Transactional AnalysisSpace to explore identity, uncertainty, choices and what gives your life meaning, especially when change has unsettled your sense of direction.
Explore Existential TherapyExplores different aspects of your experience, values and potential, including questions of meaning or spirituality when these are relevant to you.
Explore PsychosynthesisSupport for young people navigating worry, school and exam pressure, friendships, family difficulties, confidence, grief or other changes. Privacy, consent and parent or guardian involvement are explained before work begins.
Explore Counselling for TeenagersYou can tell me what has been difficult and what you hope might change. We can consider an appropriate way forward together, with time for your questions.
You can also read about my background and how I work before getting in touch.
Enquire about counsellingAlan Jones · Counsellor and psychotherapist · In independent practice since 2010