Jon Simons, NCPS

Jon Simons is a counsellor with nine years' experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, sleep problems, depression and career pressures. He also supports those dealing with addiction, grief, relationship strain and major life changes. Jon offers a down-to-earth approach and aims to make therapy practical and understandable.

Jon works in a way that balances listening with gentle challenge. He focuses on what a person wants to change and helps them take small steps towards that goal. Sessions are aimed at making real-life routines and relationships feel more manageable.

He draws on several well-known approaches to tailor work to each person. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Attachment-based ideas help look at relationship patterns and emotional bonds.

Jon also uses client-centred and psychodynamic ideas to explore feelings and history at the pace the person is comfortable with. Motivational interviewing can be introduced when someone is weighing up change, for example around addiction or lifestyle shifts.

Though based in the United Kingdom, Jon accepts international clients and works with people who have a range of complex concerns. He aims to provide flexible appointment times so therapy fits around day-to-day life. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.

How Jon’s approaches work online

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current ways of trusting and connecting with others. Online sessions can use this to notice patterns in close relationships and try new ways of relating. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems by teaching practical skills to change routines and thinking styles.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Jon aims to discuss goals and preferences together and adapts methods as the work progresses. That means sessions can blend listening, problem-solving and gentle challenge so the plan fits what each person needs.

The biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, for example by avoiding travel time or allowing sessions during a lunch break. It also makes it possible to maintain continuity when location changes, while keeping the focus on practical steps people can use in everyday life.