Person Centred Therapy and Self-development

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 the most important element of your counselling.

 Of course my qualifications and experience are important, as are the issues and themes of your life that you bring to the sessions .Working on yourself and your process is hugely important but without a relationship of impeccable quality everything else is a moot point. 

So 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 that's you, you are the expert on you. 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 a feeling of 'wellbeing' or from difficult 'confusion to clarity' self development is something of a different ilk 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 but that you would like to use a different service that focuses on your processes both cognitive and emotional/ felt sense aspects of you in order to move toward bettering yourself and your life.

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 is right for you then please contact me when it is right for you to arrange a consultation free of charge to discuss where you are in life and what you feel that you would like to focus on to improve your position in life.

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