Jonathan Pollard

I currently have limited availability - please contact me for up to date available weekly slots.

I'm Jonathan, a BACP registered integrative therapist based in Walthamstow (E17), East London. I am experienced with a broad range of clients and issues.

What to expect when we work together

For most people, starting therapy can be difficult, particularly as you may be feeling vulnerable and unstable. To be alone with your thoughts and feelings is difficult, but it can be equally hard to then share them with someone else. This is why my primary aim as we begin our work is to make you feel safe and reassured. I will listen without judgement to whatever you want to work through. I will work alongside you as you examine your values, assumptions, ideals and biases. My role may then be to highlight some of these with clarity that might not be available from your perspective. Therapy will challenge you and be painful at times - it will also be empowering, energising and change you in ways you hadn’t expected.

What I charge

I charge between £55-75 depending on your circumstances. Sessions last for 50 minutes.

Next steps

The first step is to contact me and we can arrange to meet. An initial consultation costs £55 and lasts 50 minutes. If we decide to start working together then we can agree a weekly fee based on affordability. If you have any questions about me or how work I am happy to answer those prior to booking an initial consultation, either on email or phone call. I look forward to meeting you soon.

How therapy can help

Most people who come to therapy feel stuck in some way. My aim is to help people to identify and change things that are stopping them living a more fulfilled life.

At its most basic level, therapy is simply a conversation where you can share your thoughts and feelings in a safe, confidential space. Many people often feel relief at simply getting their story out to another person who is willing to listen without fearing judgement, who is available and reliable. Some come with a goal to achieve, whilst others may not know what they need, other than simply wanting to feel more at ease with themselves. Often the root of a problem is hidden from view and so people need help to uncover this. Through a collaborative examination of your life, therapy offers an alternative, that liberation from old patterns is possible. In this way therapy offers an enriched life experience rather than what might feel inevitable, painful, or simply mundane. 

In the first session I will initially ask you to tell me what it is that you want to get from therapy. This needn't be particularly detailed - there is no requirement from me that you can properly articulate what you need. You might be unclear exactly what you want to get from this. My job is to help you clarify and demystify things in your life you want to make better.

The first session will then involve me asking many simple questions in response to whatever you raise, so that collaboratively we work out what's been causing you distress and plan a path forwards.

The first session is a chance for you to experience how it will be to work with me. At the end of it I will ask whether you then want to book in a next session. I normally suggest working for four sessions and then reviewing at the end of those, to decide if you would like to continue. This initial session is charged at £55.