Jon Simons
Practical, listening-led counselling for life changes
About Jon
Jon Simons offers straightforward, calm support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, low mood and life changes. He introduces himself simply and listens first. Sessions are practical and aimed at helping people make manageable steps forward.
Jon has nine years of experience as a counsellor and holds the NCPS credential. He has worked with a wide range of emotional concerns, including sleeping problems, addictions, grief and eating issues. He also focuses on ADHD, bipolar issues and parenting pressures where these arise for individuals.
Background and approach
His approach adapts to the person in front of him. He uses attachment-based ideas to look at relational patterns, client-centred listening to follow what matters most, and cognitive behavioural techniques for tackling unhelpful thinking and habits. Motivational interviewing is used to help people find momentum when change feels difficult.
Jon aims to be both engaged and gently challenging when needed. He offers practical ways to cope day to day, such as planning small behavioural changes and testing new ways of relating to others. He also helps people reflect on longer standing patterns that keep them stuck.
He offers therapy remotely from the United Kingdom and works with international clients in English. Sessions can be arranged to fit busy schedules and different life demands. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used and then a session is booked according to availability.
What Jon works with
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Sessions & fees
How Jon's approaches work online
Attachment-based work looks at how earlier relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can help people notice how they connect with others and practise different ways of relating. Client-centred counselling focuses on careful listening and following what matters to the person. In remote sessions this means the counsellor mirrors concerns and helps clients find their own priorities for change. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, gives concrete tools to change thoughts and habits. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems and works well through homework and short practical exercises in between sessions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Jon will talk with clients about what they want to achieve and suggest methods to try. He adjusts the shape of therapy as goals and needs become clearer, so people can test what helps most for them.
Online therapy offers real flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from wherever someone is based. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and suit quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging work for shorter exchanges or for people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family and travel commitments, while keeping focus on the work itself.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
