About Counselling
What is Counselling?
Counselling provides you with a space to talk about problems you may be having in your personal or working life with someone who doesn't know you and will not judge you or tell you what to do.
I aim to help you explore and clarify your feelings, enabling you to understand yourself and your situation better and make agreed changes in your life - if that's what you want to do.
Why do people come for counselling?
People come for counselling for lots of reasons. You may be having problems in your relationship, family or job. You may be feeling anxious, depressed, unmovitated, or have recently experienced some sort of loss or trauma. There may be feelings or experiences that you have shut away for a long time that you've decided you want to talk about. I can help you to make sense of many difficult feelings and issues.
The way that I work
The model that I use in my counselling is called relational. This is the model that I was trained in and it's integrative - which means it draws on a number of approaches. The relational model incorporates the person centred way of being with psychodynamic concepts. Put simply, I aim to be genuine, non-judgemental and empathic in the way that I work with you, whilst also using my thinking - thinking about how the past might be influencing the present, and thinking about our relationship with each other.
For more information on counselling models go to www.bacp.co.uk.
