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Person Centred Counselling
Workshops, talks and seminars covering a number of areas
Employee Assistance Programmes – solution focussed brief therapy for employees, supporting them through difficult times at home or at work.
Although my specialist area is psychology and the workings of the mind, I believe that health is a whole body/mind/spirit condition. Whenever we work on one, we inevitably change our body/mind/spirit, albeit unconsciously. Clearing an emotional block can have an immediate effect on physical health, relationships and what seem to be completely unrelated areas of your life.
I work from a person centred model, which means that I use my whole being to interact with the whole of your being. My aim is to understand at the deepest level how your experience is for you, to ‘walk in your shoes’ even for the shortest time, and share whatever is happening for you. When our inner world is falling apart, having someone accept and understand what that is like can be the most life changing, healing moment.
I also believe that everyone has the ability and capacity to grow towards healthier patterns, even from the most intractable situations, and that we have to devise our own way through our problems no matter how entangled we feel. In my 9 years as a counsellor I have been continually inspired and moved by how creative clients can be. For this to happen, I must create a safe, clear space for the work to be a free flow of ideas and feelings.
We all have an innate ability to find the best solutions for ourselves. I therefore believe it is important that clients set their own pace, choose the subject matter for the sessions, stay in charge of their own healing process. By being responsible for your own process, you will discover insights and inner wisdom you didn’t know you had!
Above all, I am committed to helping you feel supported and safe. No-one comes to counselling with issues they are comfortable talking about. It can be deeply painful and shameful to uncover old hurts. My aim is to gently assist this process so that we can leave the past where it belongs and help you develop healthier strategies for your life from now on.