About Me
John Kinley, BACP Accredited Counsellor & Psychotherapist
Have you been struggling to get on track?
With everything going on in the world at the moment, it is little surprise that sometimes you feel overwhelmed, stretched or just plain exhausted. It can be hard to think of ways through.
Taking a moment to talk through what you are feeling and how it is affecting you is a great place to start.
Usually, we start with the present, discussing your current situation and what we can change today to improve the situation quickly. This will likely involve tackling any thoughts or behaviours you may be doing automatically that are not serving you.
Sometimes, the present can be influenced by the past so we will explore this together, looking for old ways of thinking or behaving that might not work for you anymore.
We will design a plan of action together to deal with all of these and get you moving forwards.
As a therapist, I have been described as warm, supportive, funny but also direct, and sometimes even challenging.
Once we establish a goal for our sessions, I am fully committed to helping you achieve it.
To do this, I bring the knowledge gained through four degrees, multiple postgraduate clinical courses, hours of research and the cumulative experience of thousands of hours of work with clients.
I work with a range of human experiences including:
- Anxiety and related issues.
- Depression and related issues including MDD, Dysthymia, SAD, Postpartum, and Atypical depression.
- Low self-esteem and feeling down.
- Stress management including sustainable routines, self-care and wellbeing.
- Life fatigue including a lack of motivation, enthusiasm, drive and an unclear path forward.
- Men’s issues including, coping with emotions, dating and life in the modern world.
- I have also developed a particular interest in helping women who struggle with men and find them hard to deal with in their lives.
I am a fully insured Accredited member of the BACP. I work integratively, incorporating person-centred, CBT, psychodynamic theories but also draw on psychotherapeutic coaching techniques such as solution-focused coaching.
Training, qualifications & experience
Work Experience
I worked for many years with the UK's National Health Service (NHS). I delivered long term psychodynamic therapy at St Pancreas Hospital and then later, in the Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies scheme delivering targeted, short-term, evidence-based therapies in South London.
I specialise in Online work as this allows me to reach and help a wide and diverse audience, without geography being a constraint.
I studied postgraduate to further specialise in Online therapies and coaching and have adapted my style to the video chat and text-based systems used online.
I have now worked with people across multiple continents, time zones, backgrounds, identities and presenting issues.
Qualifications
- MSc PsychR - Oxford University
- BSc (First Class Honours) Counselling - University of East London
- BA (Deans Honours list) Psychology & Behavioral Science- McGill University
- CPCAB Certificate in Online Counselling Skills
- Certificates in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Depression- Beck Institute
- Multiple postgraduate CPD qualifications in Online Therapy
- MBACP (accred) Accredited member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists
- Registered Member of ACTA (The Association of Counselling Therapy of Alberta)
- Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (MBPsS)
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