Counselling is a special relationship which happens when you meet with a counsellor in a private and confidential space to explore the difficulties or distress you are having. Sometimes this is accompanied by depression or anxiety or other symptoms, or sometimes you just feel dissatisfied or stuck. I offer to listen to you carefully and patiently, and let you unfold your story at your own pace.
Because you are talking to someone who is non-judgmental, and does not have any connection with you outside the counselling hour, you may be able to talk more freely and openly about what is happening to you and how it affects you. Sometimes this reduces the distress you are having and may allow you to become aware of what is causing you difficulty.
Being accepted as a person and having your thoughts and feelings valued, allows you to gain respect and confidence. As the trust in the relationship increases, you may find yourself able to look at problems which previously may have seemed too difficult to face.
Because you are talking to someone who is non-judgmental, and does not have any connection with you outside the counselling hour, you may be able to talk more freely and openly about what is happening to you and how it affects you. Sometimes this reduces the distress you are having and may allow you to become aware of what is causing you difficulty.
Being accepted as a person and having your thoughts and feelings valued, allows you to gain respect and confidence. As the trust in the relationship increases, you may find yourself able to look at problems which previously may have seemed too difficult to face.
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I graduated from QUB in medicine in 1980, interested in holistic medicine, that is seeing the person as a whole.
Later in life I became interested in counselling and psychotherapy, and because I believe we have a transpersonal dimension, we have states or areas of consciousness beyond the limits of personal identity, I trained in the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education, in London.
While this training includes the psychoanalytic (Freud) and analytical psychology (Jung), it also includes ways of understanding both personal consciosness and states which are beyond everyday awareness.
Later in life I became interested in counselling and psychotherapy, and because I believe we have a transpersonal dimension, we have states or areas of consciousness beyond the limits of personal identity, I trained in the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education, in London.
While this training includes the psychoanalytic (Freud) and analytical psychology (Jung), it also includes ways of understanding both personal consciosness and states which are beyond everyday awareness.
Therapy sessions occur on mutually and regularly agreed days and times.
If we decide to work together, weekly sessions of 50 minutes are charged at £50, per session.
The length of therapy will depend on what you wish to resolve and develop in your life.
I keep some reduced fee places for those who are unemployed or on very low incomes.
However there may be a wait for such a place to become free.
We will be able to discuss fees and other matters at your first consultation.
If we decide to work together, weekly sessions of 50 minutes are charged at £50, per session.
The length of therapy will depend on what you wish to resolve and develop in your life.
I keep some reduced fee places for those who are unemployed or on very low incomes.
However there may be a wait for such a place to become free.
We will be able to discuss fees and other matters at your first consultation.
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