Counselling Psychotherapy is a type of talking therapy. A counselling session offers an opportunity to stop and think without distraction. A counsellor listens to you, without judgement, without offering advice, and together you try to find a way of working through your struggles. It is something people usually seek out when they are grappling with emotional difficulties that are affecting their general wellbeing.
Counselling Psychotherapy can be an effective way to work with various conditions and challenges such as those associated with:
Developmental trauma
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post Traumatic Stress (PTS)
Bereavement
Sexual Abuse
Addiction
Anxiety disorder
Panic attacks
Depression
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Sleeping difficulties
Self harm
Suicide Ideation
Dissociation
BPD
Grief
Shame
Stress & burnout
Typically, each session lasts 50 minutes and usually takes place at the same time each week. The duration of counselling can be short-term (6-12 sessions) or open-ended. Short-term counselling can often have a more specific focus than open-ended counselling. Open-ended counselling gives space for a more exploratory approach. As a trained Counselling Psychotherapist, we can take either a longer term more exploratory psychotherapeutic approach or we can offer more targeted short-term counselling.
The type of counselling we provide is called Integrative Counselling. This is a talking therapy that brings together different theories into a coherent framework that can be tailored to your needs. We believe that this is a good therapy model. If you aren’t sure, please talk to us. If we feel that our approach isn’t the best one for you, we will help you to find one that is. The most important things is to find a counsellor that you feel comfortable with.