Jonathan Hart

Jon is a fully registered psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency—AHPRA) and a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and the Australia Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi).

Jon operates within several psychological frameworks, including Internal Family Systems (IFS—Level 1 Accredited), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT). He also utilises aspects of Transpersonal Psychology and psychodynamic approaches for existential topics.

Jon thoroughly enjoys working with professionals, including those employed in the health sector and business executives, who face stressors and challenges unique to their occupations. He has extensive experience in motivational interviewing and performance coaching for people in high-pressure environments and roles.

Jon has several interest areas, including sports psychology, complex trauma, altered states of consciousness, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and transpersonal psychology. He has experience as a therapist in several clinical trials utilising Psychedelic Medicines.

Areas of counselling offered by Jon include

• Anxiety
• Stress management
• Depression
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Complex trauma / PTSD
• Grief and Loss counselling
• Career counselling
• Sport and Performance psychology (including work, study, and in social settings)
• Psychedelic medicine preparation and integration
• Spirituality and Existentialism

Sport & Exercise Psychology

Jon has extensive experience in exercise and performance psychology, including at professional and elite sporting levels. He provides psychological services to athletes at various skill levels and career stages and has worked on multiple Olympic and Commonwealth Games cycles. Jon specialises in peak human performance, concentrating on helping athletes understand and use flow states.

Psychedelic Integration

Jon has completed the MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) MDMA for PTSD training, as well as several other Australian and globally recognised courses in the field of Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP). Jon utilises a combination of IFS, Transpersonal, Somatic and EMDR-based modalities to assist clients in making meaning from their experiences in altered states of consciousness. He believes that successful integration is a process of ongoing embodiment and learning how to embed the new knowledge we gain about ourselves from altered states into everyday life. Jon has worked as a therapist on a Psilocybin Clinical Trial and is currently employed to begin work on similar trials in the future.

Jon works with adult (18+) clients and is available weekdays during the day. He works respectfully and compassionately with people from diverse backgrounds and operates within a culturally safe practice model. He is also available for telehealth counselling via Zoom Pro or telephone.