Reasons for therapy:

• anxiety or depression
• entrenched relationship patterns which are hurtful, harmful, de-vitalising, abusive, or not satisfying and loving
• a foreboding sense of loneliness or abandonment
• lack of confidence and self-esteem
• grief & bereavement: dealing with loss or major change
• when your existing relationships or support structures are not providing you with what you need
• to explore what is blocking you from achieving something in your career or relationships
• past trauma which is affecting your functioning and ability to move forward with your life
• general burn-out, overwhelm or ongoing stress in your life
• to confront issues from your childhood and family of origin which are affecting you in your relationships now and you want to change
• to make changes before you hand things down to your children, or if you have already and want to deal with it

Potential benefits and outcomes of therapy:

• developing a strong sense of self with healthy boundaries and a greater range of internal resources
• systematically free yourself from the limiting beliefs your have carried from your past
• more satisfying, fun, healthy, loving, intimate relationships
• get to know yourself better – what do you really think and feel about things and how do you express this with others?
• feeling more comfortable and confident within yourself
• living with more spontaneity and freedom to be yourself and rewrite the story of your life, now and into the future
• learn to relax and trust in life

 Scientific Evidence

Both counselling and psychotherapy are underpinned by an ever-growing body of scientific research into the brain and how it functions and develops in the context of our relationships.

The findings of this research offer us ways of understanding how we work as therapists in relation to our clients and what they need for their brain and their body to process in a functional way.

This work happens mostly in relationship.

Although psychotherapy is a very personal and intuitive process, it is important that these aspects be grounded in empirical knowledge with clinical evidence of efficacy.

Visiting the past

Psychotherapy has a reputation for going back to the past and reliving your childhood. I think it is important to clarify this.

Yes in some cases people want to be able to explore what happened in their childhood and in these cases talking about it may help resolve things.

However, sometimes this does not necessarily lead to change.