ABOUT US

An overview of what it might be like to work together

You’ll find me to be open and honest in working together, sharing what you bring to counselling as I aim to get a clear understanding of what it might be like to be you...what it really might be like to be in your shoes.  As a psychotherapist having trained in the Person-Centred Approach, it's imperative for 

the way I work that I see things as I feel you are experiencing them.  

I see our counselling relationship as working towards building a bond of trust - growing in a direction that might become apparent as we work together.   

I hold the map while you create the journey with my reassurance...

at a pace you figure out works best.  

It's an invitation for you to use counselling as a stepping stone to wherever you might like to go - 

it's up to you how many stepping stones you use.

I’m not a ‘nodding dog’ counsellor – during sessions there may be times we become mutually expressive as a spontaneous reaction to one another.  Other times, there may be shared moments of stillness and deep reflection.  All the while, I'll be holding my regular trusting tempo of inner calm as your counsellor, seeking out the connection to be in your world, next to you and with you - not so much as a 'guide' but as a constant and reliable travel companion - noticing and commenting on the journey as you travel. 

I'll be checking if that’s the right route for you based on how I understand you, based on what you tell me - maybe if you might have missed a turn along the way?

We might unravel the ‘what’s?’ the ‘how’s?’ and the ‘what to do nexts?’ in a place of trust...

one day at a time.

In the room, I offer a confidential space allowing you to step back from thoughts, tapping in to feelings 

(either known or unknown to you), inviting a clarity to emerge from our process of working together.  

I don’t have a set of answers or a fix 'method' as such - we are all different so I feel that 

a list of remedies could be generic in dealing with one individual to the next but...

I have a calm confidence in the way I work that new paths may appear for 

an alternative way of living for you to explore.

I’m not trying to ‘figure you out’ or ‘therapise you’ but in working together you might find answers for yourself in the space we create.  You might experience a new noticing about yourself - how you may have responded to the way that life, people and events have influenced you, moving towards learning ways of re-wiring your thoughts, feelings and emotions-creating a different climate for positive change.

There is no minimum or maximum length defined for us working together.  I’ve worked with some clients for years and some for less than 6 sessions working with a range of presenting issues including those experiencing terminal illness, psychosis, diagnoses of personality disorders, abuse, grief, relationship breakdown, 

complex trauma and PTSD.

Our outside worlds might draw together in the therapy room as we begin to paint a picture of what your life was, is...and what it might be like from now on - it’s a blank canvas. 

We can make a start and see how we might build your growing picture, re-wiring those patterns, forging ahead on your own unique path - a new direction, defined by you. 

I don’t know what you’d like to talk about but I’d be very willing to listen...perhaps we can take it from there.