About Therapy

What is Therapy?

Therapy is defined as method or treatment of helping mental illnesses, difficulties or struggles.

Psychotherapy, what I offer, is primarily a talking therapy, where we mainly talk through your issues, struggles and difficulties. Psychotherapy recognises the importance of trauma and considers how traumatic events impact on you and your life. In sessions we will use different ways of working and different strategies alongside talking - sometimes using art, visualisation and bodily work as not everyone feels comfortable with talking. I use different psychological therapies to tailor therapy to you and your needs.

It is interesting to note that in psychotherapy, the relationship we build can contribute to how we work and how you feel and grow within yourself. I will learn about your story but not only that; when you are feeling emotional, struggling to talk, getting angry at yourself and use what I have learnt about you to help you connect to yourself and explore what is going on with you. This is called working relationally. I will help you be aware of your defence mechanisms (I sometimes experience these in sessions) so that in the 'real world' you can be aware of these patterns with other people.

This is why whoever you choose to work with in therapy - you feel you can be comfortable working with them.

What happens in sessions?

In sessions I work with you - YOU are at the centre of therapy. I work at YOUR pace with your story and on what you want to work on - what I do is to help make/offer/unravel those connections, reflections and feelings that feel can feel jumbled up for you.

First we meet in a session (with no obligation to continue afterwards), we will discuss the practicalities of sessions, how they work, how I work before we talk about you and what you hope to get out of therapy and your story.

If you want to book more sessions with me then we start working on you. Whether a direct problem, issue or processing trauma. We do this mainly by talking, helping you to feel comfortable in doing so by taking sessions at your pace. We work with your emotions, stories, your body at times and learning how to control your responses to emotions.

I have worked with people's inner child (we all have one!), talked through dreams, fears and anxieties. Helped people to work through fears and to process traumas and abuses people have suffered. I have even worked with someone who sat in silence for most of the session. I work and support you with whatever you bring to the session

These sessions are for you

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