Welcome to my Counselling & Psychotherapy Service in Bristol and Cheltenham. I am an experienced and fully accredited Psychotherapist (MA Dip, Hip) and UKCP registered. I see clients with a range of issues on both a long term and short-term basis. This includes: Anxiety, Depression, Low Self-Esteem, Work Related Stress and Relationship difficulties to early childhood trauma. Also as a Qualified Social Worker I have many years practice of supporting clients through adverse experiences in their lives.
Anxiety
Depression
Low Self-Esteem
Work-Related Stress
Relationship
Family difficulties
Early Childhood Trauma.
Client Focus
There are times in our lives when we need someone to talk to about our difficulties outside our immediate family. Psychotherapy will offer you the opportunity to explore your concerns within a safe and confidential environment. By working together, client’s feel they are not alone and gain a better understanding of their difficulties to move forward in their lives.
Please do contact me if you wish to discuss psychotherapy or counselling. I would be happy to discuss this with you and also offer a lower cost initial session for you to explore Psychotherapy and whether this is right for you.
How can Therapy help?
Psychotherapy is a talking therapy which enables you to gain a greater insight into who you truly are and will help you move forward in your life. The focus of the sessions may be to work through immediate difficulties you are facing or something more deep-seated in your life or in your relationships with others. The emphasis is on helping you feel heard without judgement in order for you to explore your issues and concerns. A Psychotherapeutic holding environment can be a very healing and restorative process. With the support and working together clients feel they are not alone and are able to overcome adverse experiences in their life.
Getting in touch...
Please do contact me if you wish to discuss Psychotherapy or Counselling. I would be happy to discuss this with you and also offer an initial session for you to explore Psychotherapy and whether this is right for you.
Background
I am a full clinical member of (UKCP) United Kingdom of Council for Psychotherapy and HCPC registered. United Kingdom of Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care.
Training, qualifications & experience
Master's in Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy, (MA, Dip.HIP)
Qualified Social Worker DipSW - University of Gloucestershire.
A distinction in Early Childhood Studies - Certificate of Higher Education
Bath Centre of Psychotherapy and Counselling (BCPC) Full Membership
UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy) full Clinical Member
Therapy Approach
I am a Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapist, which incorporates Psychodynamic Principles of Early Childhood patterns of behaviour. The central emphasis is on the relationship and how we relate to each other and others in our lives. I believe that we all need confirmation and to feel valued as unique human beings and that given the right conditions we are able to fulfil our true potential in life. Thus ‘growth and healing come from our authentic experience through our mind, body and spirit' (Carl Rogers 1950).
Therapy explained
Psychodynamic
Psychodynamic therapy focuses on understanding the psychological roots of emotional suffering through self-reflection and self-examination.