Jonathan Blease / stories4change

Counselling offers a means to change not only yourself but your world. Ventura, 1991.

I have found that what we experience and take on can lead to a variety of different issues, which can hold us back from being who we want to be and living our lives to our full potential.

Counselling encourages and inspires self-awareness and with greater self-awareness we are more able to recognise and heal the issues, conflicts and traumas, which limit, restrict and hold us back, thus giving us additional tools to be and live in balance and in health.

I work with a variety of different issues including: Abuse, Anger, Anxiety, Addiction, Bereavement and Loss, Body Image and Health, Culture and Identity, Depression, Eating and Weight, Family Conflict, Gender and Sex, Relationships, Self-confidence and Self-esteem, Self Harm, Stress, Trauma and Violence.

I offer a free 15 minute confidential telephone consultation to answer any questions you might have before making an appointment. If you are unable to reach me, please leave a message on my voice mail, and I will call you back when I can, usually within 48 hours.

Counselling sessions are in person, by telephone or on-line video call. I see clients from my counselling office in Lymington, as well as counselling rooms in Lyndhurst in the New Forest, Hampshire, England.

I am listed on the BACP Register, the Counselling Directory and the HACP Directory.

My Background

Before becoming qualified as a Therapeutic Counsellor, I gained an initial qualification in Agriculture, graduating from Seale-Hayne Agricultural College in Devon and working on the land in England, France, New Zealand, and The United States. In 1980 I moved to Northern California, and started working in the media firstly as a photojournalist and later as a filmmaker, presenter and producer. I moved back to the UK in 2005.

It was my dual love of individual life stories and the obstacles and challenges people faced when confronted by change that lead me to become a founding director of s4c in 2007 and then subsequently broaden my career to become a therapeutic counsellor. Today I combine the different areas of my counselling work with filmmaking, documentary and environmental work. I serve as a Director of the New Forest Transition Community Interest Company and the West Solent Solar Cooperative.

My Fees and Terms of Business

Individual Fees:
£60.00 / 60-80 minute initial assessment
£60.00 / 60 minute subsequent (on-going) sessions

Couples Fees:
£75.00-£100.00 / 60-80 minute session

Short or Long-term Therapy

Evening appointments after 6pm and weekend appointments are available on request.
Low Income, students, single parent and couple rates are negotiable.

Cancellations received 48 hours before your scheduled appointment will not be charged.
Cancellations within 48 hours of your scheduled appointment will be charged at full cost.

Payment is by either bank transfer, cash or cheque at the end of the session.