Person Centred Therapy.

Person Centred Therapy is also known as the 'Therapeutic relationship'. This is because the quality of the relationship between you and I is going to be one of the most important elements of your counselling.

 Whilst my qualifications and experience are important, as are the issues and themes of your life that you bring to the therapy it is the quality of our relationship that is the core of how we work on you and your life, It is hugely important and without an impeccable relationship  all other parts of your therapy will likely be hindered as a result of that lack this is why I place the relationship so highly within therapy. 

In this way a Therapeutic relationship of fine quality is one of the few agendas that I bring to our sessions. A relationship free from judgment where you will be listened to, valued and respected as a human being and as an equal. 

My aim to see us both as equals is about two people working together collaboratively  to talk about you and your life and explore what you feel needs working on. There are two people in the room and only one expert and I believe that expert is you, you are the  one who knows what you feel and where your pain is and you are the person who knows you the best. I fully believe that you know what it is that hurts and what needs to be spoken about which Is why I won't tell you that you are wrong and why I  won't tell you what to do with your life or your situation but I will listen and I will do my best to hear you so that  for you to feel like you have been valued and understood.

Self Development.

Whilst counselling and therapy can be seen as a way to get from 'bad to good', 'distressed to wellbeing' or from 'confusion to clarity' self development is something of a different ilk from therapy and can be in some ways seen as a way of developing part of yourself or your life not because your life situation is causing you distress but because you feel that you would like to improve upon an already acceptable aspect of yourself and perhaps you would like to use a different service that focuses on your processes both cognitive and emotional as well as your felt sense aspects of how you experience your life in order to move toward greater relationship with  yourself that will benefit to you..

So whilst your life might be going well and your not in need of counselling the therapeutic relationship can be used to work toward deeper aspects of your wellbeing and or goals that you might have that you would like to develop.

Working on what drives a person in their life can really help them realise who they really are and what they would truly like to be doing with their life. This can help to bring a lot of clarity and direction to a person in who they really feel themselves to be.

If this is something that you feel could be right for you then please contact me  to arrange a consultation  to discuss where you are in life and what you feel that you would like to focus on to improve your position.

For my time I charge £60 per hour and £30 for a 1 hr consultation.