Jason Maldonado-Page

Principal Systemic Psychotherapist and Social Worker

Jason Maldonado-Page is course lead for several postgraduate programmes at the Tavistock and Portman. He is a senior 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 academic and clinical work Jason is curious about the use of self and how we each make meaning from our lived experiences.

Jason is passionate about high quality and robust continuing professional development. He hopes that his courses 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.

Jason is the course lead for Child, adolescent and family mental wellbeing multidisciplinary practice (D24), Systemic family therapy supervision, consultation and training (M21) and Leadership and management in the public and voluntary sectors: a systemic perspective (CPD23).

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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. In: Helps, S. (Ed.) The Social Graces. 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. In: Middleton, A. and Iantaffi, A. (Eds.) Working systemically with trans, non-binary and gender expansive people. 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. In: Brown, P. (Ed.) Self care / 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.

• Maldonado-Page, J. (2024) Tavistock’s D24 course: Child, adolescent and family mental wellbeing multidisciplinary practice – reflections of a new course lead. In: Usiskin Cohen and Draper, A. (Eds.) Systemic leadership and management: curating rather than dictating. Context: The magazine for family therapy and systemic practice in the UK, Issue 193, pages 13-15.