Jon Martyn
Art therapy psychotherapistAbout Me
I strive to offer a therapeutic environment where you will feel safe to be creative and speak honestly; where difficult feelings, thoughts and experiences can be given room to be shared, felt and understood.
Clients find me approachable, non-judgemental and down to earth. I approach all my work with an open mind and see therapy as a place for shared learning.
I offer a non-directive and human approach to my therapeutic encounters, and have an interest in untying the stigma that is commonly attached to difficult emotional experiences while understanding the sometimes destructive strategies that we develop for coping with distress.
My approach is informed by humanistic and radical psychotherapies; and I am interested in understanding how the political, social and personal experiences affect one’s relationships.
Issues often worked with
Types of therapy
Therapy offered
Client groups
Fees
Initial conversation (30-40 mins) : no fee
Assessment (1.5 hours.): £60.
Weekly therapy (1 hour): £40.
Concessions are available on request
Starting therapy can be daunting, and I think it is important to start carefully, so that you feel safe. Please feel welcome to contact me via phone or email to arrange an initial conversation.
If this conversation goes well, I will then offer you an assessment. This gives us both the opportunity to establish the therapeutic relationship, consider risk and to think about if this is the right time for therapy. The assessment may last for more than one session, if there is a lot to discuss.
Therapy will commence after the assessment; therapy works best if we meet at the same time on a weekly basis.
Training and qualifications
With over a decade of experience as an art psychotherapist I have significant experience working with long-standing emotional difficulties that have stem from loss, abuse and trauma – across cultural, faith and gender differences.
- I have experience working with adults who are marginalised, struggle with their identity, self harm, have destructive behavior and suicidal thoughts.
- I have worked on women’s group therapy programme designed for survivors of sexual and emotional abuse, which as a male therapist allowed me to assist participants in making positive connections with men, sometimes for the first time.
- I have experience in working in NHS outpatient programmes, involving helping isolated and often highly traumatised people move away from destructive coping strategies.
- Issues I have helped with in the past include: anxiety relationship issues, depression, generalised anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder/manic depression, family issues, affairs and betrayals, separation and divorce, emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, gender, PTSD, trauma, anger, suicidal thoughts, self harm, recreational drug use, alcoholism, destructive coping strategies, personality disorders, low self-esteem, low self-confidence, abortion, adoption, miscarriage, child related issues, attachment disorder, stress, borderline personality disorder, Asperger’s, autism, learning disability, long term illness, HIV/AIDS, psychosis, schizophrenia, hearing voices.