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I offer Psychodynamic counselling which can help you understand your emotions and unconscious patterns of behavior which may have their origins in the past, or are transferred from past and even present relationships. This type of counselling draws upon psychoanalytic theory and forms the basis of most modern forms of talking therapy. It requires the therapist to listen deeply to both the conscious and ‘un-conscious’ communication between client and Counsellor, to reflect upon and explore these communications with the client, and to ‘hold’ the client in a safe, non-judgmental space whilst sometimes difficult feelings and emotions are expressed. The process can help to ‘unlock’ negative feelings and enable you to move forward with new insight and ability to enjoy life more fully.

Following an initial (free) 15 minute telephone chat during which I will gain a brief understanding of what may be troubling you, and establish the goals of counselling, I will arrange a mutually convenient day and time to meet for our first session. Sessions are 50 minutes long. 

My style of counselling is warm and friendly -  and my aim is to help you feel relaxed and welcomed, after all, this may be your first experience of counselling, and I do believe that the counselling process, whilst observing the necessary boundaries, need not be a terrifying experience, rather it should be your space, your ‘sacred’ time to bring whatever is troubling you to the session. It is perfectly ok to just sit in silence for a while to reflect and this will be respected. On the other hand, you may feel like a well of emotions needs to spill out and again, tears are normal. The aim of therapy is to build a safe, trusting and empathic relationship between client and Counsellor in order to reflect, explore, encourage, and heal.

During our first session I will go over the counselling contract with you, and ask you to complete a short mental health questionnaire. We will use the remainder of the session to start to explore the issues you wish to discuss.

I will initially aim and contract for 6 once-weekly sessions with regular mental health questionnaire evaluations throughout, and with a final evaluation, however we can plan for extra sessions if you feel you would like to continue ‘the work’, and psychodynamic therapy works particularly well as an open-ended therapy. It really does depend on how you wish to proceed, and we can usually make great progress during the course of 6 weeks.