Jolian Ardolino , NCPS

Jolian Ardolino works with people who keep everything together until they can no longer manage the strain. He meets clients who experience racing thoughts, sleepless nights, and a creeping sense of disconnection from work, relationships, or themselves. Small stresses begin to tip into overwhelming moments, and rest can feel unattainable or even like failure after so much giving to others.

Jolian brings three years of clinical experience and a background in frontline leadership across England and Wales for national health and care charities. He is a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist accredited by the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). His formal training includes a Level 5 Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, an MSc (Res) in Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, and a BSc (Hons) in Psychology, which inform a practical and informed approach to therapy.

His practice is integrative and shaped around each person’s needs, drawing on person-centred principles for compassion and emotional safety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to reconnect with values, and psychodynamic and relational insights to explore deeper patterns. Whether someone is facing anxiety, grief, burnout, panic, or health-related worries, Jolian aims to slow the pace, create clarity, and develop grounded strategies that fit a client’s life and pace.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions with Jolian Ardolino

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them dictate behaviour, then move toward actions that reflect what matters most. It is often helpful for stress, value conflicts, and feeling stuck.

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on creating a compassionate, nonjudgmental space where the client’s own strengths guide change; it supports emotional processing, self-esteem, and rebuilding connection with oneself.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours that maintain anxiety, low mood, or sleep problems, offering practical tools for day-to-day coping.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Jolian works collaboratively with each person to find what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. He tailors methods as therapy progresses, combining approaches when that best supports change.

Online therapy offers flexibility and access - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit appointments around work, family, or health commitments. These options allow licensed professionals and therapists to provide consistent, ongoing support even when in-person meetings are not possible.