What are psychotherapy and counselling?

A therapy or counselling session provides a safe and confidential setting in which to explore your concerns. You may need to experience and express feelings, examine your relationships and patterns of being, or overcome deep fears.

Our first meeting will be a chance to explore what you are looking for and whether I am the right person to help you. You can find out more about counselling and therapy, and how I work. I will be wanting to get to know you and learn more about your concerns.

If we both decide to continue meeting, we will agree a contract describing the purpose and practicalities of our work.

As you heal inner divisions and clear away confusions you can release trapped energy, mobilising your own creativity, discovering new ways of being and relating that make more sense of your life.

Especially in longer-term psychotherapy, the nature and quality of the relationship that you and I co-create plays a very important part in the healing process. It often serves as a mirror, reflecting the hopes and fears at work in current and past relationships.

People find therapy helpful for a variety of reasons. You may be

wanting to explore and work through specific problems, often touching on your relationships, money or sexuality

interested in personal development and growth

experiencing depression, emotional confusion and distress

going through a life crisis.