About my service
Your healing is at the forefront of my counselling practice.
I offer online and telephone counselling sessions on a one-to-one basis. Our sessions will be a cooperative process – we will work together to help you heal. A safe, non-judgmental environment is key to my practice. Together, we will target your most difficult and painful emotions, but only when you’re ready to do so.
Session 1
After a brief phone call or email exchange to confirm a date and time, we will have our first counselling session.
In this initial session: we will discuss your therapeutic goals, there will be some information gathering, you will be free to raise any concerns or queries, and we will begin our therapeutic work.
I offer Session 1 at a reduced rate to allow you to sample my work and decide if you wish to continue.
Our Process: Working With Your Inner System
Each person has their own inner system which is unique to them. I define the inner system as: the totality of our thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and behaviours, their relationships to each other, and our relationship to them. Oftentimes, we seek therapy because we are struggling with part of our inner system; for example, we may constantly think negative thoughts, believe we are worthless, feel anxious, or behave aggressively. Of course, it can be totally overwhelming when our inner system is in a state of torment. However, there is good news: healing is possible!
As we establish a safe and trusting relationship, we will gently venture inside your inner system to uncover and understand your deepest emotional states; we will learn what these emotions are telling you, the reasons they began, and why they continue to exist. On a deep level, when we are hurting it’s because part of us is carrying pain. Unless we address this pain carefully and compassionately to discover its meaning, it may continue behind the scenes to wreak havoc on our inner system. With this felt experience, we open a world of opportunity for self-acceptance, personal growth, and happiness.
Additional Approaches
Our process may naturally include the use of several modalities or approaches.
Additionally, certain approaches can be targeted more directly, per your request;
these include:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Person-Centred Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Gestalt Therapy
Transactional Analysis (TA)
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