Welcome.
Hi, Welcome to my website, my name is Lee and I'm a Person Centred Therapist
If you feel that therapy might be useful to you then you are probably right, I feel that most people could benefit from therapy though it's up to people themselves to decide if they need it.
Perhaps you feel that you would like some help with an aspect of yourself, in a particular part of your life or how you might feel, if so then you are probably right as well.
If you feel like taking a step further, check out my services page to find out more about Person Centred Therapy and what I offer.
Personal and professional experience.
Being a Person Centred therapist has allowed to work with a wide range of people and theme's that they bring to therapy including feelings of depression and anxiety, people going through a divorce or experiencing grief through the passing of a loved one or experiencing distress in another significant part of their life.
Working with people in a person centred way allows me to tailor therapy to them individually and their life which is what really matters in therapy and what ever life circumstances has brought you to my website I'm glad you are here.
Most of my clients contact me because they are asking themselves a question about their lives and how they live them. sometimes the question is " how do I carry on with my life in this way" or "why am I like this, why do I do this?" , perhaps they are saying a statement to themselves like "I am in too much pain" or " I don't know why I feel like this or why I think these thoughts". these questions and statements about a person are all good, they are full of meaning and significance
How I work, my agenda and the therapeutic relationship.
My agenda as a therapist is to work with you to uncover the root causes of your suffering and help you to find your answers and to help you to implement them in your life.
Whilst I can make no promises that therapy is right for you or that you will get everything that you want from counselling I can tell you that I will strive to work with you to the best of my abilities so long as I can ethically do so and for as long as you want me to.
"If you want something that you never had, then you have to do something you have never done".
Thomas Jefferson.
What is counselling?.
Counselling is a process where by you and I meet, usually once a week (sometimes more, sometimes less) in order for you to talk about yourself, your life and usually the aspects of your life that you find difficult to deal with or that you feel are causing you distress.
This could be almost anything from a sense of anxiety or depression to the loss of a loved one or the break up of a relationship and there are many other issues that clients bring to therapy and you can find out about other ways issues that I work with in my training and experience section of of this website which can be found at the top of this page.
During the session which usually lasts one hour I will for the majority of the time concentrate on you and the issues that you bring to therapy though sometimes clients have questions about their therapist which is perfectly natural to have and I do my best to answer these questions as fully as needed. I don't believe in hiding behind a professional façade in session, I believe in being a person with you in our time together .
As the sessions progress and the weeks pass we will build a greater awareness of your issues and how they affect you . As we continue to explore the issues that you bring your growing sense of self-awareness will offer a sense of clarity and the possibility for you to challenge those aspects of yourself that might not be serving you or your life or accepting those elements that cannot be changed and this is hopefully the key to a greater sense of wellbeing.