John Callow - Counsellor, Sidcup

Apr 19th, 2022

John is providing me an excellent councelling service. It is not complete yet. He has a very professional but very engaging and personal approach. He has taught me (and is teaching me) how to deal with many problems in life and I am very grateful to him for that. Without him my life would have taken a darker path.
Dec 10th, 2020

Very supportive and helpful.
Nov 25th, 2020

John was recommended to me and I am pleased he was. John doesn't sit their with a book making notes, he listens and helps in a very professional and friendly way. He helped me get through my dark times.
Sep 12th, 2020

I undertook some sessions with John during the year of 2016 when I was dealing with depression/ anxiety issues that were affecting my undergraduate studies. The sessions are held in a reserved room in St Lawrence Community Centre and are usually held in the evenings. There is a room charge for last minute cancellations, which if I remember correctly was around 10 an hour at the time (may have changed). The first session is generally for assessment purposes and is so that he can get to know you as a client. In terms of positives, I would say that the techniques used are quite varied, involving a mixture of CBT and sometimes art therapy. Efforts were taken to know about my family/ personal history and this was remembered and used to guide the sessions. I did feel like some of the sessions were a bit "business like", however, and at one time I was asked if one of my drawings (which I was asked to draw whilst imaging a hypothetical scenario) could be used in a book he was writing. Overall, I did find him to be quite kind in his manner, although on one occasion I was quite upset about a remark regarding my partner (who is 10 years my senior) and about how old he was. In hindsight this was probably a momentary blip but just to be aware and to take things with a pinch of salt!
Mar 10th, 2022