“And then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk to bloom.”
Anais Nin
My approach
Crisis and change often go hand in hand and even though it doesn’t feel like it at the time, nestled within are the seeds of growth waiting to emerge. Gently and at your own pace, I will guide you to explore your thoughts and feelings and support you in finding new perspectives as you uncover tender new shoots of possibility.
As you gain a deeper understanding of yourself, what you want and how you relate to others, your emotional wounds transform into wisdom and your relationships deepen, the burdens of the past and worries for the future become lighter as you begin to live more freely and fully in the present.
What is counselling?
Counselling and psychotherapy also known as talk therapy, both offer a therapeutic relationship within which to explore and gain a deeper understanding of ourselves and equip us to face new challenges.
In counselling the emphasis is often on a specific issue, for example an upsetting physical condition such as infertility, a difficult life event like bereavement, divorce, or strong emotions such as anger and low self esteem or the emotional tension of stress and anxiety. The focus will be on helping you to explore your experience and equipping you to find a new perspective and direction.
How is psychotherapy different?
Psychotherapy works at a deeper level often with past traumatic events or unresolved family issues, bringing to light unconscious patterns of behaviour, thoughts and feelings that could be holding you back or contributing to a general sense of unease and restricting your wellbeing. The psychotherapeutic process helps you to find the capacity within yourself to evolve and develop, facilitating long term changes.
Psychotherapy can help with all manner of issues for example depression, anxiety, low self esteem, addictive behaviours. As part of their training psychotherapists go through the process of psychotherapy and having experienced it experientially for themselves it enhances their skills to work at this level with another. People who engage with psychotherapy often do so on and off over a number of years, viewing it as a valuable self development tool equipping them to move more freely through life.
“Trust is the active engagement with the unknown. Trust is risky. It’s vulnerable. It’s a leap of faith”
Esther Perel