Psychotherapy & Counselling Services
Psychotherapy & Counselling Services
Psychotherapy & Counselling Services
As a qualified Integrative and Existential Psychotherapist, I have studied a number of disciplines in my training, such as psychoanalysis, CBT and humanist therapies, which have influenced the way I work with clients. However, I firmly believe that each person arrives as an individual. You have your own understanding of your world and I am not here either to diagnose or dictate next steps.
The answers are for you to find but, from experience, I hope that by sharing your difficulties and concerns and through questioning and exploring together, you can become more self-aware and able to see choices and solutions. Most importantly, I hope you will feel you are not judged, not a burden and can be totally understood in a confidential space.
We can look at issues affecting your day-to-day experiences – what is happening in the present, how your past affects life today and your possibilities for the future.
I usually see clients either weekly or fortnightly and I am more than happy to work to a set number of sessions or a budget, if you would prefer to organise our time together this way.
Initially, I would always suggest we meet to provide an opportunity for you to tell me a little about what has brought you to counselling and for us both to look at whether working together would useful, without any obligation to continue with further sessions.
Further Information
If you require any general information about Psychotherapy and Counselling, I suggest you access the website for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy [www.bacp.co.uk] or, with regard to Existential Psychotherapy specifically, Society for Existential Analysis [www.existentialanalysis.co.uk].
Professional Standards
As an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), I am bound by and adhere to the BACP’s Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling & Psychotherapy and am subject to the Professional Conduct Procedure [www.bacp.co.uk/ethical_framework/]