- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Anger management
About Jonathan
Jonathan Barratt is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on parenting concerns alongside a wide range of emotional and behavioural issues. He uses straightforward, practical conversations to help people reduce stress, manage anxiety, and tackle problems like addiction or low self-esteem. Sessions are delivered in English and can be arranged for people outside the UK as well.
He brings five years of counselling experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Background and approach
His background includes supporting people affected by addiction and working in services that help with trauma, grief and relationship difficulties. He aims to offer a steady, respectful presence in sessions. In therapy he draws on client-centred ideas, helping people lead the pace and focus of the work.
He also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and practical ways to change it. Solution-focused methods guide short-term goal setting and small, manageable steps. People can expect a calm, non-judgemental space to talk things through.
Jonathan emphasises listening first, then helping clients try different coping strategies and small experiments. He also supports people with coaching-style conversations about career, motivation and life changes. Sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging.
Costs vary with location and timing, and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What Jonathan works with
Everything Jonathan lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Jonathan helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Jonathan lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Jonathan’s approaches work online
Jonathan blends client-centred work with cognitive behavioural and solution-focused techniques in online sessions. Client-centred therapy means the counsellor listens without judgement and follows the client’s pace, which helps people feel heard and start to sort through difficult feelings. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviours and offers practical tools to change patterns that feed anxiety, depression or unhelpful habits. Solution-focused therapy focuses on small, achievable goals and steps forward rather than long discussions about the past.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jonathan will talk through what you want to achieve and try different techniques to see what helps. He aims to be collaborative, adjusting tools and goals to match a client’s needs and preferences rather than following a fixed plan.
Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels useful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer typing, want brief check-ins, or find written reflection helpful. These options make it easier to fit therapy around parenting, work and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Jonathan
What concerns does Jonathan work on?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, low self-esteem, depression and parenting concerns, among other issues.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Jonathan combines client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques and solution-focused goals to keep sessions practical and respectful.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has five years of counselling experience and prior work supporting people in addiction services.
What credentials and location are relevant?
He is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts clients from outside the UK.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and timing; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then book a session according to the therapist's schedule.
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