​Counselling

Generally, focuses on addressing specific issues or challenges, such as coping with stress, relationship problems, or life transitions. It is often shorter-term and focuses on immediate concerns.
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Psychotherapy

Tends to be longer-term and more in-depth, focusing on underlying psychological issues, such as trauma, deep-rooted emotional patterns, or mental health struggles. It often involves a longer duration, sometimes extending over months or even years.
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Both can be very effective depending on the person's needs and the nature of the issue they're dealing with.
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How I Work with People in Counselling and Therapy
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Building a Strong Therapeutic Relationship:
I create a warm, empathetic, and safe environment where clients feel respected and heard. Trust is at the core of our work together.
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Using the TA Model:
I help clients explore their Parent, Adult, and Child Ego States (the three core components in TA). This helps people understand the internal voices and behaviours that influence how they interact with themselves and others.
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Identifying and Challenging Unhealthy Patterns:
Many people develop repetitive patterns in their relationships and behaviours. Through TA, we identify these patterns and work on shifting them toward healthier ways of thinking and interacting.
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Empowering Clients to Make Conscious Choices:
A key part of TA is encouraging individuals to move from automatic responses to more mindful, conscious decision-making. This allows clients to take responsibility for their choices and create lasting change.
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Working with the Past and Present:
While TA is often focused on the present and practical change, we may also explore significant past experiences, especially from childhood, to uncover how they continue to influence current thoughts, emotions, and relationships.
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Here are some common areas where therapy can make a significant difference:

1. Anxiety, Depression, StRess and Emotional Wellbeing
  • Anxiety: Overcoming feelings of excessive worry, nervousness, or fear.
  • Depression: Addressing feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or a lack of motivation.
  • Stress: Managing overwhelming pressures from work, school, or life events.
  • Changing Mood: Navigating unstable emotional reactions or intense mood changes.
  • Low Self-Esteem: Building confidence and improving self-worth.
2. Trauma
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Healing from traumatic events, such as accidents, abuse, or loss.
  • Childhood Trauma: Exploring unresolved issues from childhood that impact current behaviour and relationships.
  • Emotional or Physical Abuse: Healing from abuse, whether in past relationships or family dynamics.
3. Relationships
  • Relationship Issues: Improving communication, intimacy, and conflict resolution in romantic, familial, or friendships.
  • Family Dynamics: Navigating challenges within family relationships, such as conflicts or difficult boundaries.
  • Communication Skills: Enhancing how you relate to others and express your thoughts and feelings.
  • Separation or Divorce: Coping with breakups or navigating changes in family structure.
4. REACTING AND COPING
  • Anger: Learning to cope with and express anger in healthy, constructive ways.
  • Addictions: Addressing substance abuse, alcohol dependency, or behavioural addictions (e.g., gambling, internet use).
  • Self-Harm: Dealing with the urge to hurt yourself as a coping mechanism for emotional pain.
  • Social Anxiety: Overcoming fear of social situations and interactions with others.
5. Personal Development and Growth
  • Identity and Self-Discovery: Exploring your sense of self, values, and purpose in life.
  • Life Transitions: Navigating major life changes like career shifts, moving, or transitioning to a new life stage (e.g., retirement, parenthood).
6. THINKING and Thoughts
  • Overthinking and Negative Thinking: Challenging and changing unhelpful or distorted thought patterns (e.g., catastrophising, black-and-white thinking).
  • Perfectionism: Addressing unrealistic standards that put pressure on yourself and fears of failure.
7. Health and Well-being
  • Sleep Issues: Addressing insomnia, nightmares, or other sleep-related problems.
  • Chronic Illness or Pain: Coping with the psychological impact of living with chronic health conditions or pain.
  • Struggles with food: Exploring the underlying emotional causes.
  • Grief and Loss: Coping with the death of a loved one or other significant losses (e.g., the end of a relationship or a job).
8. WORK AND CAREER
  • Procrastination: Overcoming the tendency to delay important tasks.
  • Perfectionism and Overachievement: Addressing patterns of needing to "do everything perfectly."
  • Burnout: Dealing with work related exhaustion, overwork or dissatisfaction. 
  • Career Transitions: Navigating a change in career path, job loss or career advancement. 
  • Workplace Stress: Coping with workplace dynamics and performance pressures.