I believe reaching out for help and seeking counselling or psychotherapy is a brave and courageous step. This by no means suggests to me that there is something wrong with you. In fact, asking for help and support suggests to me that you want something different than what you are currently experiencing, although you may not know exactly what this is yet. I see this as a strength and opportunity for change, and the possibility of something different.
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In this process of exploration together, we build a relationship of trust and safety where you feel safe enough to be as open and honest as you can be, and share some things about you that you may find difficult to disclose and share the depth of your story. This is your time and something we do together at a pace that is manageable for you. You get to choose when and what you disclose, there is no rush. I respect this is not always an easy step to take and value the opportunity to work with you and go on this journey together.
Counselling focuses primarily on current or immediate challenges and concerns, and helping you develop strategies to assist with living a more satisfying way of life. Counselling tends to, but is not limited to, focusing more on behaviours and ways of coping, and is generally shorter term.
Counselling sessions usually occur weekly and are 55 minutes long. The number of sessions needed is very individual and depends on what you are bringing and what you want to achieve from seeing me.
About Counselling
Psychotherapy, while including similar elements to counselling, also explores the deeper underlying patterns that might be contributing to the challenges and concerns you are experiencing currently, and your relationship with these aspects of yourself. This creates the opportunity and possibility for longer term change.
Psychotherapy helps you to understand yourself by exploring how your early life experiences and personality affect your current thoughts, feelings, behaviours and relationship with yourself and others.
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Psychotherapy tends to be longer term and usually consists of weekly sessions lasting 55 minutes. The number of sessions needed is again very individual and depends on what you are bringing to therapy and what you want to achieve from seeing me.
About Psychotherapy
Psychosynthesis is the ‘approach’ I use. It was developed by an Italian Psychiatrist Roberto Assagioli back in the early 1900s. Psychosynthesis is a holistic and inclusive approach, and has often been called the psychology of the self and a psychology with a soul. It is a relational approach so you and our relationship is at the heart of our work together.
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Psychosynthesis is a flexible approach and specializes in adapting a range of methods to the person rather than the person needing to adapt to the method. It takes into consideration the whole person rather than just a part of you. It is also gentle, powerful and challenging, and leads to lasting change.
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Through exploring the deeper underlying patterns by looking not only at the past, but also the present, and future, and what is seeking to emerge, enables the possibility for you to be all that you can be.
Roberto Assagioli
By including a range of methods where appropriate, which can include more than just talking about problems, can assist in accessing and transforming the long familiar patterns that may be contributing to the emotional suffering and challenges you are currently experiencing. This allowing the possibility of integrating these aspects of yourself, and having a different connection and relationship with yourself and others, as well as becoming more whole and complete in yourself.
Assagioli believed that a person’s primary task is to find a sense of completeness within the self, and a connection to a larger whole, such as one’s community. At the heart of this approach is a belief that we are all moving towards a greater place of harmony and fulfilment in our lives. This can all result in the possibility of you having more joy and harmony in your life.