In Your Shoes - My approach to counselling and psychotherapy using a range of approaches

MY APPROACH # I integrate various features from a number of different psychotherapeutic approaches, according to what I feel is most useful for my clients. I adopt techniques mainly from the following types of therapy: Gestalt, Existential, Cognitive, Jungian and Transpersonal.

Some brief explanations of these types:

- With Gestalt the idea is for a client to become fully aware of how he is right now in the present moment, the intention being to become aware of his common behaviour and therefore of what he'd like to alter.

- The emphasis of Existentialist thought is on the future and on a person finding out what is most valuable and meaningful to him personally.

- Cognitive therapy is about recognizing one's negative thoughts and making a conscious effort to question the truth in our negative thoughts and to remember to embrace more positive, constructive thinking.

- Jung and the individuation process: When we ask ourselves "Who am I apart from my history and the roles I have played?" (Quote from James Hollis's book 'The Middle Passage'), then we are on the way to uncovering our true sense of Self. The Transpersonal approach lends itself to locating the real identity of each person, the unique and phenomenal essence of an individual beyond the ego.

Above all, I follow my intuition when I am in the presence of my clients and with no set agendas, I allow sessions, as with life, to unfold naturally.