Jason Maldonado-Page

Family and Systemic Psychotherapist

Jason Maldonado-Page is a family and systemic psychotherapist, social worker and clinical supervisor who has held specialist and senior posts in a range of clinical settings such as eating disorders, gender identity, learning disability, autism spectrum condition, cancer and bereavement.

Jason’s first degree is in psychology from George Mason University in Washington DC. He has further Master’s degrees in both social work from London South Bank University and in family and systemic psychotherapy from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, and has significant experiences lecturing in these subjects.

Jason is an inclusive clinician, clinical supervisor and lecturer who is sensitive to all aspects of diversity, and who always takes into consideration identity and culture. Jason is Puerto Rican, was born in New York City, received his secondary education in rural Virginia, and has lived in London since 2003. In his teaching and clinical practice, Jason is drawn to the use of self and how we each make meaning from our lived experiences.

Jason is the course lead for our Child, adolescent and family mental wellbeing multidisciplinary practice (D24 & D24G) courses.

Jason says:
“D24 and D24G (Stroud) is an amazing training opportunity for people already working with children, adolescents and families in a range of settings where they want a theoretical framework to understand the complexities they encounter in their work and to bolster their confidence in attending to the mental wellbeing of those they work with.

It is also a course for those who have little mental health experience, but who are interested in becoming a therapeutic clinician and want to learn more about whether a systemic or psychodynamic modality fits best for them. D24 and D24G (Stroud) offer the opportunity to be trained by passionate systemic and psychodynamic psychotherapists who all hold a developmental frame, and who strive to provide a training course where the collaboration between the different modalities gives trainees a firm foundation for whichever pathway they eventually choose to follow.”

Jason wants the course to train a diverse workforce representative of the communities we live and work in, and so Jason encourages applications from those who identify as Black, Asian, minority ethnic or global majority, from gender, sexual and relationship diverse people, those who identify as LGBTQ+, from disabled people, and people from all faith groups. The Child, adolescent and family mental wellbeing multidisciplinary practice course celebrates diverse lived experiences and sees this as essential to the training experience.

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Professional registrations/accreditations:
• The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
• The Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT)
• Social Work England (SWE)

Publications:
• Maldonado-Page, J. (2010) A day in the life of a CLIC Sargent Social Worker, Contact (a CCLG magazine): A helping hand for families of children and young people with cancer, Spring, Issue 46, page 8.

• Maldonado-Page, J. (2017) How DNA helped to go deeper: A Puerto Rican therapist’s reflections of his exploration of ethnicity, Context: The magazine for family therapy and systemic practice in the UK, Issue 151, pages 23-26.

• Maldonado-Page, J. and Favier, S. (2018) An invitation to explore: A brief overview of the Tavistock and Portman Gender Identity Development Service, Context: The magazine for family therapy and systemic practice in the UK, Issue 155, pages 18-22.

• Maldonado-Page, J. (2020) Book review: A critical approach to surrogacy: Reproductive desires and demands, Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 38:3, pages 349–351.

• Dumbrill, M.; Maldonado-Page, J. and Scull, L. (2020) The Breakfast Club: A journey of peer supervision and mutual care, Context: The magazine for family therapy and systemic practice in the UK, Issue 171, pages 5-8.

• Dandil, Y.; Kinnaird, E.; Maldonado-Page, J.; Nursigadoo, D.; Gomularz, J.; Baillie, C. and Tchanturia, K. (2021) Chapter 5: Using the Autism Lens: Milly’s Story: A Multidisciplinary Health Professional Team Approach in Supporting an Autistic Female with Anorexia Nervosa, In: Tchanturia, K. (Ed.) Supporting Autistic People with Eating Disorders: A Guide to Adapting Treatment and Supporting Recovery, Jessica Kingsley: London.

• Maldonado-Page, J. (2021) Chapter 9: Catching ‘Sparkling Moments’ with Family and Systemic Psychotherapy Sessions. In: Tchanturia, K. (Ed.) Supporting Autistic People with Eating Disorders: A Guide to Adapting Treatment and Supporting Recovery, Jessica Kingsley: London.

• Vrouva, I.; Maldonado-Page, J.; and Muller, N. (2021) Chapter 8: Working with gender diverse young people and their families. In. Rossouw, T.; Wiwe, M.; and Vrouva, I. (Eds.) Mentalization-Based Treatment for Adolescents: A Practical Treatment Guide, Routledge: London.