My work may best be described as integrative psychoanalytic (also known as psychodynamic). I do not subscribe exclusively to a single theorist, rather I look to assess patient need from a developmental perspective and formulate my approach accordingly.
I offer a professional counselling and psychotherapy service in my Wolverhampton clinic face to face, and UK and EU wide online. My services are for those who desire some kind of change in their lives, whether in terms of your mental health, or general self-improvement.
My service is predominantly for those looking for long lasting change. Life problems in my view are most often programmed into and manifested in our relationships with ourselves, with others and the world around us. Our early social networks, our personalities, and our environments interact to influence how we view & experience life in the present day and how we habitually respond to it. How we grew up and our world as adults sometimes unknowingly constrain how we can think, feel, and cope with life now. My treatment approach aims to give you freedom to live with more vitality, choice, and self-understanding moving forward.
We can think, feel and behave in ways which do not always serve us well; and sometimes in ways that are so automatic, that we don't consciously mean or understand them. People tend to come to me when they haven't been able change alone or with other methods. When they are ready for something new moving forward together. You may have a feeling something needs to change but do not really know where/how to start and could use the help of an expert.
Our first meeting will be a consultation exploring the best way I can help you move forward. In order not to put the cart before the horse, I work to understand your difficulties and dilemmas from your perspective, and only then start to get a sense of how I can help you in treatment from the psychological perspective. I aim to share my ideas with you until we can come to a starting point of agreement.
My practice is predominantly open-ended work, where we look to work to help you change something that is causing you problems in your life. Importantly, open-ended does not mean forever, or a moment longer than needs be; it simply means until you feel you have gotten what you need from treatment rather than putting a specific limitation on treatment length in advance.
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