Psychotherapeutic Counselling

Understanding what's happening and what might help

 

When we begin working together, I want to understand more than the behaviour itself.

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I use assessment and reflective exercises, including my Origins & Influences work, to help us explore how difficulties may have developed, what might be maintaining them and what purpose the behaviour may be serving.

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We bring that information together into a straightforward formulation. Essentially, a shared understanding of what's happening and what we might do about it.

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This isn't about finding a single cause or giving you an explanation of yourself. It's about developing something useful that we can work with, review and adjust as therapy progresses.

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Support between sessions

 

I also recognise that difficulties don't always fit neatly into weekly appointments.

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Sometimes a client will contact me because they're struggling with an urge, something has happened or they simply need to talk something through.

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Where I'm available, I'm happy to offer occasional brief check-ins or conversations between sessions. You can contact me by your usual method and I'll respond when I reasonably can.

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This isn't a crisis service or a guarantee of immediate contact, but I believe some flexibility can make a difference when someone is working through difficult or persistent patterns of behaviour.