Counselling and Psychotherapy
Counselling and Psychotherapy are often
interchangeable terms used to describe a form of talking therapy. There
are many different models or approaches that can be incorporated into therapy
such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt,
Person-Centred Therapy, Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy and Integrative Therapy
to name a few.
As an Integrative therapist, I work organically
incorporating various approaches as and when I feel they will benefit you in
your work towards becoming a more fulfilled, happier and content individual.
Will Therapy Help Me?
Life is not always a bed of roses and there will
be many challenging and difficult situations that will arise at any one time in
your life. The problem may be an emotional, personal or interpersonal
issue that you have had for a number of years or it may be a recently occurring
problem. These issues may be anxiety and stress, depression, bereavement or
grief, inability to control or express your anger, a low self-esteem or lack of
confidence. You may be finding it difficult to cope with life resorting to
self-harm or substance misuse such as alcohol or drugs. You may be a
victim of abuse: emotional, physical or sexual or find that you a being
victimised or harassed in your workplace or personal life.
It may be that during one of these difficult
times you are no longer able to cope on your own. You may have decided
that you can no longer live with the problem or you may have reached a crisis
point and recognise that you need help and support to understand, work through
and deal with this difficult issue. You may find that you are not comfortable
discussing these issues with friends or family or because of the fragmented and
broken society we live in, you may find that you have no-one you can talk
to. Feeling alone can only make the problem seem insurmountable and can
ultimately hold you back in some way or another. If you know that you
have the resources and support to deal with your feelings about certain issues
and find solutions they no longer seem so big.
How Does Therapy Work?
Therapy is not a magic cure to all of your
problems but will provide you with a warm, safe and confidential space in which
you can freely and fully express, explore and clarifying your feelings and
thoughts in a relaxed and nonthreatening way.
As your therapist, I will help you to make sense
of your present circumstances and encourage you to "unmuddle" and organise your
thoughts and feelings. I may need to work pyscho-dynamically, helping you
to understand in which ways your past shapes and affects your present condition,
helping you to confront, explore and find healing from your past.
In order to move towards your future, I will
enable you to set realistic goals, make informed choices and put together
useful strategies to overcome your problems, to take reasonable action, to
evaluate and reassess your actions and maintain positive changes in every area
of your life.
Therapy is not about recovery but discovery -
discovering new ways of thinking, coping, responding and of being. It is
not about controlling your future, but about empowerment. It is about enabling
you to develop the capacity to maintain these changes, to confidently make
choices and accept the consequences and in so doing move into your future with
a renewed sense of hope and purpose.
If you feel that you are ready to break free from
your past and take the steps to a more fulfilled you with the help and support
of a qualified psychotherapist, please call me on 07834226025
or email me chameleoncoach101@gmail.com to
book your free 30min consultation.
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