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THERAPUETIC APPROACHES USED
How Approaches are Used
As an integrative counsellor, I draw from a variety of approaches and methods. This means you can tackle issues and distress from many angles, helping to bring more effective, faster and more in depth healing and discovery. I also encourage you to use every method in a positive and curious way - why should you not enjoy this journey of discovery?! To really feel how you can become inquisitive, hopeful, and enjoy looking after yourself!
Some of The Approaches:
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Humanistic - Gets to the heart of the matter, directed by you, looking at your current state, needs, values, beliefs - focusing on how you see it and how you would prefer it.
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CBT - Focuses on thought awareness, challenging negative or distorted thinking that is unhelpful, unrealistic, working towards weakening old patterns to create positive, self compassionate inner talk.
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Psychodynamic - Creates understanding from your past and how it affects you now. Inner child work can help to soften or dissolve memory triggers, validating and reframing events in a kind and understanding way, Re-parenting provides conditions that were not available to you to aid positive healing. This regains your sense of self goodness, worthiness, and capability...your confidence returns.
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Mindfulness - Is incorporated alongside relaxation, breathing, and grounding techniques, given at the start of therapy to provide you with tools to strengthen your self care, create clarity, relieve anxious and stressed states and begin to break up overthinking, to become clearer, calmer, more productive, and positive in outlook. It helps you to really value the here and now...as it is.
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Somatic Experiencing - Exercises to re-regulate the nervous system that often becomes stuck after periods of anxiety, stress and trauma. Its much harder to heal with your mind if your body is saying NO!
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Positive Psychology and Self Compassion - These will help you to focus on strengths, positives, and to become aware of weaknesses , to see these as resources and opportunities. They also increase awareness of gratitude - which helps to bring a sense of security , consistency, and relief, as sometimes we just overlook these!!
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A holistic approach is encouraged, that includes exercise, diet, sleep, all of which are proven in studies to have a direct impact on our psychological health, including stress, anxiety and depression.
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Together these approaches are a very effective and positive way to really begin to see change - TO CREATE THE LIFE YOU LOVE!