Montem Counselling
1/2 Rangitira Avenue, Takapuna, Auckland 0622
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1/2 Rangitira Avenue, Takapuna, Auckland 0622
(2)
Through a process of non-judgemental guided self-reflection, Jonathan aims to better equip you to tackle life’s challenges. Building on your strengths and achievements—some of which you may not have recognised—he will guide you towards greater success and fulfilment.
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2 customer reviews
Thomas doe
I felt listened to and heard as he helped me through confronting me difficult childhood
Tracey
Relationship and Marriage Counselling
Jonathan was easy to communicate with and we are very satisfied with his approach to couples counselling.
What do you love most about your job?
It's the changes clients report - and I see - in their lives. When they've broken behaviour patterns and often beliefs, which can go back several generations, so they see and interact with life in a more fulfilling way. This is what drives me; without this hope, counsellors burn out.
What inspired you to start your own business?
Before counselling I had my own business in management consultancy, helping firms raise capital. Since becoming a counsellor, I've practiced in several charitable organisations, such as North Harbour Living Without Violence, Home & Family Counselling, and the Citizens Advice Bureau. While they provide good services, they exist under constant financial uncertainty providing short-term solutions at minumum cost.
Why should our clients choose you?
Clients should have confidence in any registered counsellor. I, along with all my colleagues meet audited competency stanards and are regularly clinically supervised. Yet, at the same time, we're all unique.
I'm not a devotee of any one of the many psychotherapy modalities. Instead I use whatever technique is applicable to the client, the issue, and the circumstances. Coming from a management background, I use goals and scaling to measure progress. Counselling for me is not an open-ended process but one controlled by the client with the guidance of the counsellor.
Sustain weight loss
Maintaining weight goals for health benefits like controlling diabetes, reducing blood-pressure, and improving Covid19 survival.
Manage anxiety and stress
Helping manage anxiety and stress with mindful relaxation, resolving cognitive distortions, and addressing root-causes.
Relieve depression
Releasing the psychological constraints locking clients in the downward vortex of depression through rebuilding confidence in themselves, trust in others, and hope for the future.
Improve relationships
Developing relationships enabling individual growth within the alliance of intimacy, increasing trust without dependency, and collaboration rather than compromise.
Alleviate trauma or loss
Unlock the bonds of unresolved trauma or loss: letting go the past, while living with the memory, engaging with the present, and looking forward to the future.
Develop career
Advancing potential in meaningful occupation by setting realistic objectives, developing skills, managing people, expanding networks, achieving life-balance, and benefiting from the tangible and intangible returns.
