Working Together

I will understand that you are taking a big step in coming to therapy and I will look to make this as easy as possible for you. Whether you are coming because you are experiencing a specific problem or you feel the time is right to embark on a longer-term journey of self-exploration, I will offer a personal, confidential, supportive and therapeutic environment where you can explore and make the positive changes needed for you to move forward.

I offer a free initial 20-minute telephone or zoom session where you can decide if I am someone that you feel comfortable to work with.  After this session there is no obligation at all to return to therapy although, of course, I hope you will want to.

If we move ahead together, I will listen to you, explore what you are bringing and work with you to develop an approach to our sessions that is tailored to your individual needs and concerns, whether they are long standing issues or more current concerns. Together we will work on understanding what is needed for you to feel better and move on with your life.

What to Expect in Psychodynamic Counselling

1. Everyone’s therapy is individual and unique - we will work with what you bring. This may be an immediate problem, grief or anxiety, and I can offer a caring and supportive environment for you to talk through difficult emotions and navigate the issues you are facing. Or the work may be wider and need to be in more depth. So we will start with what has brought you to counselling and what you would like to achieve from it. We may need to agree a focus – or we can be open ended and I will be led each week by what you bring.

We will then talk about what’s been happening in your life lately and how that’s been affecting you and your important relationships.

2. we will look to explore your family, talk through childhood, relationships, career and significant events that have occurred. Looking deeper into your life can help you in understanding the effect of the past on the present. We will explore the emotions and experiences that are problematic for you and learn how they came to be. Connecting them back to childhood attachment and the family environment can be enlightening and we will look to gain insights and identify patterns that may be occurring.

3. The final parts of the work is to use the insight gained so you can understand yourself better and realise the changes you may want to make, together with resolving the current issues. This work will remain with you as you move forward helping you to navigate your life in the direction you want