How Can Counselling Help?
At times of difficulty it can be helpful to explore your concerns with a trained practitioner and consider possible solutions in a safe and confidential setting.
The focus of therapeutic work is centred on your experience, helping you to clarify the issues that are troubling you, your thoughts and feelings and enabling you to find solutions.
This work can provide a way forward and help at times of crisis when difficulties can be extreme, such as depression and anxiety.
It can also be helpful when there is a lack of enjoyment of life or recurring difficulties in relationships.
Counselling can bring you a greater awareness of choice, autonomy of choice, and experience of actively engaging in a process which can be empowering and the potential for a time of discovery.
The Types Of Therapy I Use
Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt therapists believe that people potentially have all the necessary abilities to solve their problems or face their difficulties. However, sometimes people get stuck and need some assistance. I see my task as a counsellor to help you see more clearly what your situation is, find out how you are a part of it, and experiment with finding new solutions or ways to face the difficulty.
Psychodynamic Therapy
The aim of psychodynamic therapy is to bring the unconscious mind into consciousness, helping you to unravel, experience and understand your true, deep-rooted feelings in order to resolve them. It takes the view that our unconscious holds onto painful feelings and memories, which are too difficult for the conscious mind to process.
Person Centred Counselling
The therapist in this approach works to understand an individual's experience from their perspective. The therapist must positively value the client as a person in all aspects of their humanity, while aiming to be open and genuine. This is vital in helping the client feel accepted, and better able to understand their own feelings.