Joe Tomkinson

Hello,

I’m Joe and I’m a BACP Registered Counsellor and CBT Coach. My therapy practice is now fully online/ remote and I work with clients of all ages and from all backgrounds.

Seeking therapy can be a daunting and big step to take. I want to firstly acknowledge the big step you have taken and exploring how therapy could benefit your life as well as others around you.

A little about me and my approaches:

I’ve been working in the Therapeutic sector for over 10 years, with the past few years working in Counselling and Coaching settings with adults, young people and children. My initial Counselling training was a BACP Accredited BSc at the University of East London, and following this Postgraduate training Coaching and Positive Psychology.

I have worked as a Counsellor for people suffering from Psychological Trauma, Addictions, Personality Disorders, Bereavement, Relationship/ Family issues, Anxiety, Depression, and the experiences of difficulties in diagnosis and living with ADHD, Aspergers, ASD.

I work with an integrative approach, using CBT, Person Centred and Psychodynamic approaches to therapy. My coaching practice is CBT based.

My aim for all of my clients is for each individual or group to feel accepted, understood, and valued. It is from this experience that positive change and growth can be achieved.

This therapy space is yours, and from the beginning of the sessions you will be able to choose what you’d like your space to look like and be.

Whether it’s the space to talk, laugh, cry, ‘rant’ sing, draw, meditate, journal, reflect on past, present, future— your transformation comes from you being able to present and feel accepted as your authentic self (or to find that self!) and process at the pace that is most helpful for you, in the ways which are most helpful for you.

Within the first couple of sessions we will discuss what you are looking for from therapy and some of the difficulties you are facing. It’s from there that we can work together to agree the therapeutic approaches you’d like to use in your sessions and to set some goals for therapy.

If I have the privilege of being a part of your therapy, I aim to work with genuineness, empathy, and the highest regard for you as a valuable human being.

Whether it is with me or another therapist, I wish you the absolute best in your journey of therapy. You’ve taken the next step towards your healing, growth and transformation.