Expertise
Brentwood, United Kingdom
English
75 GBP/session
Online & In Person
Accepts international clients
15-min call prior to first session
A Little About Me
My Practice
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist working with individuals, couples/ relationships, and groups. I also offer clinical supervision and Reflective Practice for teams working with complex client groups.
Since qualifying in 2013 I have maintained a private practice, as well as worked within an NHS forensic therapeutic community; and a London university. In both these settings I conducted twice-weekly therapy groups, which greatly strengthened my belief in groups as a profound means of deepening insight and relatedness. Prior to qualifying as a therapist, I worked with young homeless people; young offenders; and with families experiencing inter-generational trauma, displacement and socio-economic issues.
I see psychotherapy as a practice which at its core, helps illuminate an instinctive understanding of human connectedness and complexity. By bringing underlying relational patterns and unconscious preoccupations to light, therapy can help galvanise a sense of self, and strengthen a capacity for connection, autonomy and identity.
Dreams, fantasies and memories are useful tools for the therapeutic process, as is - often - attending to the here-and-now experience between the client and therapist. This can offer an opportunity to experience relational patterns first-hand, and can help bring about lasting change in how you relate to others, and to yourself.
Having worked with people from a wide range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and having an active interest in identity and its complexities, I see psychotherapy as valuable for people from all walks of life, and as a practice which has value within and beyond the consulting room. I have come to find that my practice is often helpful for people who can experience themselves as outsiders, or at odds with the norms or expectations of their culture; and with people who have led quite chaotic lives; or who have a creative practice or instinct of some kind.
I see therapy as a process by which you can come to know yourself in a way which is at once humble and strengthening, and which helps to discover a deeper sense of Self. From here, people often find themselves more able to make lasting changes in their lives - whether by realising and committing to what matters in their lives; or to make new choices autonomously.
What I'm Like
I find that the therapy works best when you bring to it the things you want to speak about. We speak about the things which matter to you, and at a pace which works for you.
Having said this, I do see it as part of my role to attend to things which might initially seem difficult to speak about. I see therapy as a collaborative process, in which the inter-subjective experience of both the therapist and client/s underpin the work.
As much as therapy does offer a space to work through painful experiences, I find that it is also often a place for play, humour and spontaneity. Often people assume that being a therapist means carrying a heavy load; more often, I find it enlivening and enriching.
What Can You Expect From My Sessions
You can bring whatever you like to any session - there is no set agenda and the conversation is exploratory and free-flowing. One underlying principle is to "say whatever comes to mind," although this can be harder in practice than it sounds!
Some clients find me more conversational than they'd expect from a therapist - this doesn't mean that I share personal experiences, or just chat; but, I do use ordinary language and, I think, engage humanely and with warmth.
Having said this - any ill feeling towards me as a therapist, discontent, inhibition, criticism and so on, is welcome as part of the work. While voicing these things can be difficult, they are often useful in opening up and deepening the therapeutic process.
Our first session
The first session is an opportunity to gauge whether I'm likely to be a good fit as a therapist for you, by seeing what it feels like to be in conversation together.
It is usually helpful to hear about you and what has brought you to therapy - this could be things which are happening in your life at the moment, or which have happened in the past. Whether they seem initially relevant or not, hearing about your family life and upbringing can be helpful, too. It can also be useful to hear what you'd like to gain from therapy.
There are occasions when covering this is too much in a first session, and sometimes people simply need the space to express some kind of feeling, or to find their feet in a new space, and a new kind of conversation. This is fine too, and there is no target for the first session, other than gauging whether it feels like a good fit between us.
Fees
Does not accept Insurance
Cost
- 75 GBP/single session
Approach
Credentials and Qualifications
Credentials
- British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), Member
- United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), Member
- Federation for Counselling and Psychotherapy (FPC), Member
- Institute of Group Analysis (IGA), Associate Member
- Group Analytic Society International (GASi), Associate Member
Qualifications
- Certificate in Clinical Supervision, Society of Analytical Psychology, London, 2021
- Diploma in Reflective Practice in Organisations, Institute of Group Analysis, London, 2017
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Theory and Practice, WPF Therapy, London , 2013
Nick Jones
Highlights
Brentwood, United Kingdom
English
75 GBP/session
Online & In Person
Accepts international clients
15-min call prior to first session
Expertise
Brentwood, United Kingdom
English
75 GBP/session
Online & In Person
Accepts international clients
15-min call prior to first session
A Little About Me
My Practice
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist working with individuals, couples/ relationships, and groups. I also offer clinical supervision and Reflective Practice for teams working with complex client groups.
Since qualifying in 2013 I have maintained a private practice, as well as worked within an NHS forensic therapeutic community; and a London university. In both these settings I conducted twice-weekly therapy groups, which greatly strengthened my belief in groups as a profound means of deepening insight and relatedness. Prior to qualifying as a therapist, I worked with young homeless people; young offenders; and with families experiencing inter-generational trauma, displacement and socio-economic issues.
I see psychotherapy as a practice which at its core, helps illuminate an instinctive understanding of human connectedness and complexity. By bringing underlying relational patterns and unconscious preoccupations to light, therapy can help galvanise a sense of self, and strengthen a capacity for connection, autonomy and identity.
Dreams, fantasies and memories are useful tools for the therapeutic process, as is - often - attending to the here-and-now experience between the client and therapist. This can offer an opportunity to experience relational patterns first-hand, and can help bring about lasting change in how you relate to others, and to yourself.
Having worked with people from a wide range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and having an active interest in identity and its complexities, I see psychotherapy as valuable for people from all walks of life, and as a practice which has value within and beyond the consulting room. I have come to find that my practice is often helpful for people who can experience themselves as outsiders, or at odds with the norms or expectations of their culture; and with people who have led quite chaotic lives; or who have a creative practice or instinct of some kind.
I see therapy as a process by which you can come to know yourself in a way which is at once humble and strengthening, and which helps to discover a deeper sense of Self. From here, people often find themselves more able to make lasting changes in their lives - whether by realising and committing to what matters in their lives; or to make new choices autonomously.
What I'm Like
I find that the therapy works best when you bring to it the things you want to speak about. We speak about the things which matter to you, and at a pace which works for you.
Having said this, I do see it as part of my role to attend to things which might initially seem difficult to speak about. I see therapy as a collaborative process, in which the inter-subjective experience of both the therapist and client/s underpin the work.
As much as therapy does offer a space to work through painful experiences, I find that it is also often a place for play, humour and spontaneity. Often people assume that being a therapist means carrying a heavy load; more often, I find it enlivening and enriching.
What Can You Expect From My Sessions
You can bring whatever you like to any session - there is no set agenda and the conversation is exploratory and free-flowing. One underlying principle is to "say whatever comes to mind," although this can be harder in practice than it sounds!
Some clients find me more conversational than they'd expect from a therapist - this doesn't mean that I share personal experiences, or just chat; but, I do use ordinary language and, I think, engage humanely and with warmth.
Having said this - any ill feeling towards me as a therapist, discontent, inhibition, criticism and so on, is welcome as part of the work. While voicing these things can be difficult, they are often useful in opening up and deepening the therapeutic process.
Our first session
The first session is an opportunity to gauge whether I'm likely to be a good fit as a therapist for you, by seeing what it feels like to be in conversation together.
It is usually helpful to hear about you and what has brought you to therapy - this could be things which are happening in your life at the moment, or which have happened in the past. Whether they seem initially relevant or not, hearing about your family life and upbringing can be helpful, too. It can also be useful to hear what you'd like to gain from therapy.
There are occasions when covering this is too much in a first session, and sometimes people simply need the space to express some kind of feeling, or to find their feet in a new space, and a new kind of conversation. This is fine too, and there is no target for the first session, other than gauging whether it feels like a good fit between us.
Fees
Does not accept Insurance
Cost
- 75 GBP/single session
Approach
Credentials and Qualifications
Credentials
- British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), Member
- United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), Member
- Federation for Counselling and Psychotherapy (FPC), Member
- Institute of Group Analysis (IGA), Associate Member
- Group Analytic Society International (GASi), Associate Member
Qualifications
- Certificate in Clinical Supervision, Society of Analytical Psychology, London, 2021
- Diploma in Reflective Practice in Organisations, Institute of Group Analysis, London, 2017
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Theory and Practice, WPF Therapy, London , 2013