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A Calm, Personal Approach To Therapy
Person-Centered Counselling
A supportive, non-judgmental approach that helps you explore what matters most to you. You lead the pace and direction of the work.
Psychodynamic Counselling
This therapy is derived from psychoanaylisis and the work of Freud, Jung, Adler and there followers. It focusses on the relationship we have with ourselves and others. It is a way of understanding the powerful role of the unconscious that we developed in childhood.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
A hugely effective therapeutic method that addresses the negative thought patterns that usually underlie stress, anxiety and low self-esteem. CBT has been adapted to be effective with depression anxiety, phobias and many other common conditions.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Dialectical Behaviour therapy is based on CBT however the focus is on learning to deal with very intense emotions and accepting who you are. ‘Dialectical’ means the synthesis of opposites and how both can be true at the same time. It is possible to accept onself while also working on change orientated strategies.
Clinical Hypnotherapy
Uses gentle, focused relaxation techniques to reduce anxiety, shift habits and calm phobic or stress responses. You remain fully in control at all times.
EMDR
Stands for “eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing”. It is a powerful tool many psychotherapists now use to help their clients to generate change. EMDR was originally developed to help with long-standing cases of PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder).
Mindfulness
A model based on simple meditation practices. This model helps us become aware of the our thoughts and feelings and to stand back and observe how we are effected by them. It is useful for stress and anxiety. There is increasing evidence it helps prevent relapse for people who have suffered from depressio
Somatic Therapies
These body-based approaches help regulate the nervous system and release tension or trauma that may be held physically.
Assertiveness and Communication Skills
Understanding how we can communicate to maximise our outcomes and maintain our self-respect. All of us at times can benefit from practicing to express our needs. These skills are particularly important to learn for people that have difficulties with anger or those that feel abused and frustrated in relationships and won’t ask for what they want.