More about how I work
Counselling with me is notjustsitting and talking!it can be used to help people tackle their problems, eliminate barriers, understand their situation, take control, take action, and make change.
Details of my approach to counselling, and of the therapeutic approaches I feel competent to use can be found below.
I work with clients to help them make the best use of our time together by identifying what they'd like to achieve from counselling and by trying to ensure they gain something useful from the sessions.I often adopt a straight talking, direct approach where thoughts can be challenged, options can be explored, emotions can be expressed, and alternative perspectives can be offered.
Many of the clients I work with are boys and men who I often engage with using male-friendly methods whilst valuing masculinity as highlighted byThe British Psychological Society.
I am an eclectic counsellor/psychotherapist which means I use different elements of therapeutic approaches, namely Person Centred Counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.
I am also trained in the‘rewind' techniquewhich can be used with those experiencing the effects of trauma and phobias.
Please see below for more details about how I work.
Person Centred Counselling
The Person Centred approach believes that as human beings we will move towards doing what is best for us when we are provided with the right environment in which the therapeutic core conditions of empathy, acceptance and genuineness can be experienced.Person Centred counselling and psychotherapy has a strong focus on a positive relationship being established between client and counsellor.As someone who has received and provided Person Centred counselling I can see from a personal and professional level the benefits this way of working can bring.If you'd like to know more about the Person Centred approach please visitThe Person Centred Association.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT focuses on exploring a person's thought process and perception of their situation.This approach believes that how we think about our situation and the beliefs that we attach to it affect our behaviour and in turn create the emotions we struggle to deal with.CBT highlights that by thinking differently about our situation, we will then behave and feel differently.If you'd like to know more about CBT please visitThe British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Solution Focused Brief Therapy aims make effective use of time by focusing more on solutions rather than problems.The approach aims to create positive change by identifying a person's preferred and realistic future and by building on what a person is already doing, or has already done to effectively manage their situation.If you'd like to know more about the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy approach please visit theUK Association for Solution Focused Practice.
