Joseph - Guitar tutor - London
Joseph - Guitar tutor - London

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Joseph

  • Rate R991
  • Response 9h
  • Students

    Number of students Joseph has accompanied since joining Superprof

    18

    Number of students Joseph has accompanied since joining Superprof

Joseph - Guitar tutor - London
  • 5 (12 reviews)

R991/h

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  • Guitar
  • Acoustic Guitar
  • Electric guitar
  • Bass guitar

Professional Musician | 15 years experience | Guitar Lessons | Creative, Supportive & Confidence-Building | All Levels

  • Guitar
  • Acoustic Guitar
  • Electric guitar
  • Bass guitar

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Joseph is a respected tutor in our community. He is highly recommended for his commitment and the quality of his lessons. A trusted partner on your learning journey.

About Joseph

I believe learning music enriches life in far more ways than just performance. It supports confidence, creativity, emotional awareness, and connection with others, and can stay with someone long after lessons end. There is growing neuroscientific evidence that learning music strengthens connectivity in the brain.

Growing up, I experienced both unhelpful and truly inspiring music teachers. The best of them became important figures in my life, showing me how powerful learning can be when it feels supportive, engaging, and human. That’s why I care deeply about how music is taught. With the right approach, learning an instrument can be transformative.

Alongside over a decade of professional music teaching and performance, I am a registered psychotherapist with postgraduate training in psychodynamic and developmental psychology. This gives me a sophisticated understanding of how children and adults learn, regulate emotion, build confidence, and sustain motivation over time.

I specialise in working with students who benefit from a thoughtful, developmentally informed approach, including those with ASD, ADHD, sensory sensitivities, anxiety, or low confidence. My aim is not simply to teach an instrument, but to create the conditions in which learning feels safe, engaging, and genuinely transformative.

Education & Training

Diploma in Music Performance — Distinction
Grade 8 Music Theory & Practice — Distinction
MA Psychodynamic / Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy & Counselling — University of London
Clinical Psychology — Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London
Therapeutic Studies — Metanoia Institute, London
BA (Hons) Philosophy, Psychology & Neuroscience — King’s College London

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About the lesson

  • All levels
  • English

Languages in which the lesson is available :

English

Lessons are structured, developmentally attuned, and carefully paced to support confidence, attention, and sustained progress. I work relationally, adapting the lesson dynamically in response to the student’s emotional state, learning style, and cognitive profile.

For neurodivergent students or those with additional needs, this may include:
sensory-aware pacing
regulation-focused warm-ups
clear structure combined with flexibility
creative engagement to support attention and motivation

Music theory, technique, and repertoire are integrated in a way that supports understanding rather than rote learning. Students develop not only technical skill, but musical thinking, self-trust, and expressive freedom.

This approach is particularly effective for:

students who have struggled with traditional teaching
highly sensitive or anxious learners
SEN / SEND students
high-potential students needing depth and challenge

Experience & Skills

Over a decade of music teaching across London schools and private practice

Consistently high retention and excellent feedback from students and parents

Specialist experience working with SEN and neurodivergent learners

Multi-instrumentalist (guitar, drums, bass) with advanced music theory knowledge

Extensive live performance and recording experience

Calm, authoritative, and attuned teaching style suitable for complex learners

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Rates

Rate

  • R991

Package rates

  • 5h: R4953
  • 10h: R9906

online

  • R881/h

travel

  • + R5

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