Jolian Ardolino, NCPS

Jolian Ardolino works with people who keep everything together until they can no longer manage the pressure. Many of those he supports are outwardly composed and dependable, while privately feeling exhausted, restless, and continually on edge. He understands how racing thoughts, disrupted sleep, and a sense of disconnection from work or close relationships can leave someone wondering how long they can keep going.

Drawing on direct experience leading frontline services across England and Wales for national health and care charities, he is familiar with the toll that responsibility, stretched systems, and ongoing emotional labour take on practitioners, managers, and leaders. That background informs his compassionate, pragmatic approach to therapy - centred on helping people slow down, make sense of what is happening, and find more grounded ways forward that fit their lives and pace.

Jolian is a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist accredited by the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). His training includes a Level 5 Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling - a professional qualification in counselling practice - an MSc (Res) in Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, which is a research-based master of science, and a BSc (Hons) in Psychology, an undergraduate honours degree in psychology. He also maintains accreditation with the NCPS.

He uses an integrative model, shaping sessions around each person rather than applying a single method. His work draws on person-centred therapy for emotional support and safety, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to address anxious thoughts and behaviours, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to reconnect with values, and psychodynamic and relational ideas to explore deeper patterns in relationships. Whether addressing anxiety, health worries, burnout, panic attacks, grief, or other life transitions, his focus is on practical understanding and steady progress tailored to each individual.