COUNSELLING FOR INDIVIDUALS
MY APPROACH
My training is integrative which means I blend a number of different counselling theories and approaches which include the person centred approach, cognitive behavioural therapy, transactional analysis and attachment theory. The person centred approach underpins what I do as this enables me to provide a safe, confidential, non-judgmental space where you can explore the more intimate facets of your world. I then draw on other approaches to tailor the therapy to your needs.
Counselling is often simply a place to process difficult thoughts and feelings, to help move from a place of confusion and feeling lost to a place of clarity and understanding. It can be like putting together a jigsaw from all the jumbled up pieces.
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My aim is to help you grow in insight and self awareness so that you may make better choices for your relationships and emotional well-being. I do this by:
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Making space for the expression of difficult thoughts and feelings
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Exploring your current story and going back to childhood
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Looking at significant relationships and attachments
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Identifying unhelpful patterns of behaviour and issues with boundaries
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Exploring strategies to manage unhealthy or destructive behaviour
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Making links between past and present
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Highlighting and challenging distorted thinking
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Enabling new perspectives