There are numerous approaches to counselling and psychotherapy.  Among the approaches I use in my work are:

Humanistic: this focuses on understanding what is happening in your life – the feelings that you have about those happenings, and the meanings these events have for you – and to consider what changes you would like to make

Psycho-dynamic: this explores how significant events and relationships in your past influence your relationships and how you live today. These can also affect how you relate to your therapist.  Becoming aware of these processes can allow you to lessen their influence.

Emotion-focused: this explores your deeper feelings – such as hurt, sadness, or loneliness – and your needs that weren’t met by significant others. It changes those feelings by giving them a voice in therapy.

Cognitive-behavioural: this concentrates on understanding and changing unhelpful patterns of thoughts and behaviours, and negative perceptions of self. It can help relieve symptoms of anxiety, panic attacks and depression.

Systemic: this explores the influence that family and significant others have on how you understand yourself and the world around you – on the roles that you are given by others – and helps you decide what changes you wish to make to these.

“The way to find the real ‘world ‘ is not merely to measure and observe what is outside us, but to discover our own inner ground.”  Thomas Merton.