Finder

Specialises in

• Counselling

• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Psychotherapy

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

Why come to counselling?

Most people find themselves in dark or confusing places at times throughout their lives, questioning who they are, wrestling with difficult questions, trauma, illness, addiction or bereavement. Sometimes people don't have anyone to share these challenges with or can't share them with those close to them. Despite proverbs about sharing problems, as a society we don't really encourage people to open up. I believe that everyone should have the opportunity to do this. I hope to offer a space in which you can feel safe and respected while you explore these challenges and move towards improved mental well being.

How do I work?

I will try to work with you in a way that you want. Primarily I work within the person centred philosophy. Behind the jargon that means in sessions I will strive to create a relationship with you based on understanding, acceptance and honesty. It is through this sort of relationship I hope to help you feel safe enough to truly explore your experiences.

I am unlikely to tell you what to do, we get enough of that in life. You are the expert on yourself I will not try to tell you how to think, feel or act. I believe that if supported the right way you have the capacity to identify and make the changes you want.

?I believe that everyone has value.
I believe that everyone has the right and ability to make their own choices even when sometimes you cannot see that, it is really hard or you need some help to do it.
I believe that everyone needs help at some point in their lives but sometimes asking for it is the hardest part.

As part of this I can also offer trauma specific work using Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing. EMDR aims to remove the blocks that trauma/high levels of distress place on our ability to process life events.� It looks to remove these blocks through a focus on a historical pivotal moment and beliefs about self attached to that, whilst also focusing on a current stimulus e.g. a moving hand or light. This allows the processing that would normally occur to restart, memories to be stored differently and psychological and physical distress to be reduced.

Areas of interest

16 years and up; individual clients, work with all types of issues