What is counselling?
Counselling provides a regular time and space for people to talk about their
troubles and explore difficult feelings, in an environment that is dependable,
free from intrusion and confidential. As a therapist I will respect your viewpoint,
while helping you to deal with specific problems, cope with crises, improve your
relationships, or develop better ways of living.
I will not offer advice. Instead, I will help you to gain insight into your feelings
and behaviour and to change your behaviour, if necessary. I do this by listening
to what you have to say and commenting on it, from a professional perspective.
How can counselling help me?
You may come to counselling because of difficult experiences you have been
going through, such as a relationship breakdown, bereavement or redundancy.
Alternatively, you may want help dealing with feelings of sadness, depression,
anxiety or low self-worth that do not seem to be connected to any particular
event. Counselling can help you overcome mental health problems, such as
depression or an eating disorder, even if you are already getting other kinds of
help from a GP or psychiatrist. It can also help you come to terms with an
ongoing physical problem, illness or disability. Counselling can also be a means
of coping with physical symptoms or complaints that doctors can't alleviate. If
your GP cannot find a physical cause for your problems, you may well want to
look further to see whether there is a psychological side to your symptoms.
Types of counselling and how I can help
I am an eclectic counsellor, which means I can use several types of counselling
that follow similar lines to various different types of psychotherapy. Each
model has its own theory of human development and its own way of working, so
I draw on elements of several different models when working with clients. This
may also include hypnotherapy if appropriate. I also am a believer in the idea
that past experiences have a bearing on experiences and feelings in the present,
and those important relationships, perhaps from early childhood, may be
replayed with other people later in life. This belief is also adopted by counsellors
practising Psychodynamic counselling.
This might be best explored using hypnoanalysis please follow link to >>>>>>>>>>> hypnotherapy page
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