Hello, I’m Jonathan Mitchell, MA, LPC & practicing monk.

My journey into clinical psychotherapy and coaching started long ago in my own emotional and behavioral challenges during my youth. In addition to 20+ years of clinical experience, I've been highly engaged in 20 years of  personal transformation as an active and engaged “real-life” monk in the world. I'm here to share the insights gained from these decades of experience, training, and practice to guide young people and families towards a path of understanding and growth.

Growing up, I experienced a lot of the same difficulties young people struggle with today. Anger, depression, anxiety, and insecurity ruled my life. I spent a lot of time angry at my parents, getting high or drunk, and was repulsed by the idea of therapy. But it wasn’t my parents or therapy or the system that I hated - it was me.

Now? I’m grateful for those experiences. Because when young people tell me about their struggles with parents, friends, and school, I don’t have an ounce of judgment. I get it. And I’ve made it my life’s mission to assist young people successfully navigate their struggles.

My strategy is simple
yet sophisticated.

First, I seek to understand. I listen intently and get curious. I genuinely want to learn how my client’s world occurs to them. Second, I do all I can to create influence through offering insight based on that understanding. Once I feel like I have a grasp on what might be happening, I offer a new perspective.

Influence naturally arises from trust. Trust is founded by understanding. 

Over the last two decades, I’ve spent over 70,000 clinical hours with families and young people going through very similar struggles that I went through. I’ve lived and worked with these wonderful young people, and passionately sought to understand the nature of their difficulties.

I’ve honed who I am to become someone who can help, understand, and ultimately, inspire.