individual Counselling:
I would describe my counselling style as being humanistic while being firmly grounded in the Person-Centred approach of Carl Rogers.
I believe that we each have within us all of the resources that we need to flourish. However, for many of us our experiences through childhood and beyond have created barriers which have stifled these natural abilities. For some of us learned or adapted behaviours that were needed for survival no longer serve us well. For others, flawed interactions with those around us prevented us from fully developing our own abilities to think, feel or act in the present.
This can lead us to feel anxious or uncertain in ways that can be crippling, while others are left with feelings of anger or sadness that can be overwhelming. Such emotions can have a continuously negative impact on our personal and professional relationships, severely limiting the possibility of gaining any satisfaction in either arena. We all find ways to cope but in time these too can become one more layer on the barrier that prevents us fully engaging with life in the way that we would wish.
I will support you in unravelling your past experiences to reduce their power to overwhelm. I will walk alongside as you explore your present experiences and discover more satisfactory ways of engaging with your world and the people in it.
I believe that we each have within us all of the resources that we need to flourish. However, for many of us our experiences through childhood and beyond have created barriers which have stifled these natural abilities. For some of us learned or adapted behaviours that were needed for survival no longer serve us well. For others, flawed interactions with those around us prevented us from fully developing our own abilities to think, feel or act in the present.
This can lead us to feel anxious or uncertain in ways that can be crippling, while others are left with feelings of anger or sadness that can be overwhelming. Such emotions can have a continuously negative impact on our personal and professional relationships, severely limiting the possibility of gaining any satisfaction in either arena. We all find ways to cope but in time these too can become one more layer on the barrier that prevents us fully engaging with life in the way that we would wish.
I will support you in unravelling your past experiences to reduce their power to overwhelm. I will walk alongside as you explore your present experiences and discover more satisfactory ways of engaging with your world and the people in it.