I (Jon) offer psychotherapy locally to people in Leith, Edinburgh and online wherever you might be.
At the heart of my practice is a commitment to holding a transformative space which helps you move into more free ways of living.
I offer a collaborative and anti-oppressive approach which meets you where you are, and centers your empowerment, needs, and desires - to help you go beyond merely coping, towards thriving and liberation.
My approach & background
I believe therapy can serve as a powerful space for exploring, unraveling, and changing our relationship to what keeps us 'stuck', enabling us bring about profound positive change.
I bring over 6 years of experience working in 'mental health' roles as a therapist, advisor, organizer and advocate, working with a large variety of diverse clients holding all kinds of issues including trauma, depression, anxiety, relational difficulties, and navigating social oppression.
I draw on an integrative blend of modalities including psychodynamic, person-centered, liberation psychology, and queer therapies. How I bring and use these differs per client.
I trained as a psychotherapist at the University of Edinburgh, where I am now completing my doctorate. I am a registered counsellor through COSCA.
More details about my approach, background, services, and qualifications can be found here.
Holistic
I hold all aspects of a person, working between the embodied, personal, interpersonal, social, and political. I believe that we are highly multi-dimensional; to reduce a person to any single thing is to miss vital context.
Anti-oppressive
My work is grounded in anti-oppressive, relational, and liberatory ethics: I reject models of 'mental health' which pathologize resistance and resilience and subject people to various forms of state and social oppression.
Difference-affirmative
Neurodivergence, queerness, transness, racial and cultural difference are central to my work. I work with the reality and power of difference and divergence, instead of ignoring or diminishing them through normative approaches.
My clinic
I offer in-person sessions from a cozy and confidential room at Leith Therapy Collective, a co-operatively run therapy space in Leith, Edinburgh.
Sliding-scale rates
I offer sliding-scale rates from £45-70, depending on your financial situation, and on availability. Please use the scale below as a reference.
I am currently unable to take insurance.
Book an initial call
Book an initial (free) 15-minute video call using the following link, or reach out if you would like to get in touch.
