Insurance

Jonathan currently accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield (FL Blue), Cigna, and Aetna commercial insurance plans.

Certifications and Specialties

Jonathan has experience serving individuals and families from a variety of backgrounds working through such issues as: general life difficulties, grief, trauma, gender and sexuality, addiction, faith and spirituality, anxiety, depression, and behavioral disorders (ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, etc.). He is a certified Prepare and Enrich counselor, and enjoys working with the full range of age groups: children, adolescents and adults!

About Jonathan

I am a pilgrim in progress, a follower of Jesus, a life-time friend of Narnia, a mental health counselor, and an avid lover of stories. I am the happy product of a well-meaning (though often misguided) fundamentalist Christianity, a single mother, and an imagination baptized by the likes of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. It has been reported that since I was very young I have shown deep curiosity and a desire to "get to the bottom of things” which has since led me to read widely and hungrily from many philosophical and spiritual traditions, though I have ultimately made Christianity my home. 

My journey has offered me experience in Christian ministry, mental health counseling, the 12 Steps of Recovery, and the educational system. Through it all I have come to believe that everyone is longing for wholeness, and yet so many of us have tried to find it in dysfunctional or unhelpful ways. However, I believe that through rigorous honesty, kindness, and guided self-reflection, the path to healing can be illuminated for anyone in the context of a trusted relationship - such as one can find with a mental health counselor. Ultimately, I agree with poet Cyril Tourner: "Joy is a subtle elf; I think one's happiest when he forgets himself.” We are most at peace when we are able to forget our "self" and then to vulnerably offer that self to our fellow man. And so together I hope we might offer curiosity towards your story, gentle renegotiation of unwanted behaviors and thoughts, all to the end of true freedom and self-forgetfulness. I would be honored to serve you! 

Education

Jonathan has a Bachelor of Science in Religion from Liberty University, and both a Master's of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary.

Approach

I am a firm believer in empirically based models of psychotherapy, though I also hold that there are “greater things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in my philosophy.” In other words, as a counselor I seek to integrate well-researched and clinically verified models of counseling with a firm confidence that every person is mysteriously endowed by a Creator with inalienable dignity and value. We are greater than the sum of our parts, and are soul as well as body, which means that no one is beyond the scope of healing. However, I also understand and deeply respect that not all of my clients will share my beliefs, and I work hard to honor whatever systems of faith and worldview (or lack thereof) which my clients bring into the relationship. This allows me to meet my clients wherever they may be (a client centered model) and support them in defining their own goals and pathway for growth. My intention as a therapist is that each person I serve will be seen, safe, soothed, and secure. I am thrilled to work with you! 

I have experience and training in: 

- Existential Psychotherapy

- Emotionally Focused Therapy

- Internal Family Systems

- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

- Acceptance, and Commitment Therapy

- Trauma Informed Therapy

- Grief Counseling

- Child and Play Therapy