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My clients appreciate the informal, friendly approach, always shaped to help them achieve their goals in ways that suit them best. The Human Givens framework that informs my work embodies a thorough scientific but holistic understanding of how to help people make healthy, sustainable changes. I've been a solution-focused psychotherapist/counsellor and clinical hypnotherapist since 2001, combining that with long-established work as a professional storyteller/musician, which goes right back to 1984. I’m the author of several books, chaired the Society for Storytelling in the 'nineties, have run many training courses for professionals and often tell appropriate stories as part of therapy sessions with both adults and children – even in the very extensive and effective work I’ve done with victims of serious trauma, depression and anxiety. Clients work with me to achieve specific goals in ways that can be deeply relaxing and healing. I also aim to avoid prolonging sessions longer than necessary to achieve the improvements clients want to make. And maybe I should add that laughter is definitely not forbidden in my sessions.
Personal Touch
I confess that I enjoy talking to people– listening to the stories they tell about themselves and helping them reshape them in positive ways too. It’s sometimes hard to bottle up the secrets I’m told, though I always do. I’ve learned to keep secrets.
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Background
My psychotherapeutic work started in 2001 when I qualified in hypnotherapy and solution-focused counselling. I've maintained my private practice in Tonbridge ever since. Along the way, I qualified as a Human Givens therapist in 2005 and also spent 6 years working 2 days a week as a school counsellor in a 'difficult' Medway secondary school. In parallel, I worked weekly with military veterans for around 5 years at what was then RBLI in Aylesford Kent and have done a lot of work with PTSD there and elsewhere. In private practice, I see the full range of concerns, from life-changing difficulties and traumas to challenges such as passing exams and interviews. Among my publications, Transforming Tales (How Stories can Change People) is particularly relevant to my therapeutic approach and is widely used in training courses for therapists across the world.
Therapy Approach
Therapies explained
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a treatment focusing on changing negative patterns of thought and behavior to address psychological issues. It is known for its effectiveness in treating a variety of mental health conditions.
Behavioural
Behavioural therapy focuses on changing negative behaviors through conditioning techniques.
Brief Therapy
Brief Therapy centers on specific problems and direct intervention, offering solutions within a short period.
Cognitive
Cognitive therapy emphasizes identifying and changing inaccurate or distorted thinking patterns, attitudes, and beliefs.
EMDR
EMDR is an interactive psychotherapy technique used to relieve psychological stress. It is an effective treatment for trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Neuro-Linguistic Programming involves analyzing strategies used by successful individuals and applying them to reach a personal goal. It relates thoughts, language, and patterns of behavior learned through experience to specific outcomes.
Positive Psychology
Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive, focusing on well-being, contentment, and fulfillment.
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Solution Focused Brief Therapy is a goal-directed collaborative approach to psychotherapeutic change that is conducted through direct observation of clients’ responses to a series of precisely constructed questions.
Bereavement Counselling
Bereavement counselling supports people after a loss, helping them explore grief at their own pace, process emotions such as sadness, anger or guilt, and find ways to cope day to day while adjusting to life after loss.
R0b Parkinson
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Pricing
. Payment is taken by the session and clients are not committed to any more than one session at a time. Standard prices are given. Concessions can be negotiated and are flexible.:-
£70
One hour session - single adult
£60
One hourse session (concessions)
£75
One hour session - couples
£120
Two hour sessions
£100
Two hours sessions (concessions)