Information on the counselling process
Articles on the process of counselling.
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Couples Counselling – for gay/lesbian couples with relationship problems wishing to work with a gay couples counsellor.
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This post discusses the assessment process for couples – prior to couples going into counselling therapy.
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I work primarily as a psychodynamic and systemic counsellor. Using these models as my theoretical basis, and employing counselling skills, I will work with you at helping improve your awareness of yourself and the problems that you bring to counselling.
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Depression is not always – and not just – about feeling sad. Depression can appear in many different forms.
For example, depression can leave you noticing that your behaviour has changed from how you usually lead your life. Perhaps just as surprising might be when when friends and family tell you that you are depressed, and [...]
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The couples counsellor does not attempt to “fix” the relationship but takes on a role of being curious towards the relationship, learning about how things work and how things came to be. In this way the couple may learn information that helps them change their relationship.
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Counselling is an incredibly liberating and helpful experience and private counselling is not free of charge. Dean’s investment in your therapy is appropriately matched by his qualification, training and experience and, hence, his professional fees.
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It can be a common misunderstanding that couple counselling is meant to prevent a couple from separating. Couples counselling can assist a couple to in separating whether this is decided at the start of therapy or if such a decision is made during counselling.
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This is not an exhaustive list, but this post lists some of the problems that clients have brought to my psychodynamic counselling/psychotherapy practice over the years:
Affairs.
Anger (investigating triggers, managing responses, anger management etc).
Anxiety.
Bereavement and loss.
Bullying.
Career options.
Concerns about academic matters.
Critical Incident Stress counselling (eg an incident at work or socially that has left you distressed and [...]
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In addition to open-ended counselling, Dean can offer short-term psychodynamic psychotherapeutic counselling to individuals – where an assessment deems it appropriate to do so. Counselling is limited to a fixed number of sessions, and a fixed focus, as discussed and agreed during the assessment.
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This post discusses how the use of CORE-OM demonstrates that counselling with iCounsellor can improve your well being, symptoms, functioning and risk states.
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BACP Ethical Framework.
I am an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). The accreditation means that the BACP have authenticated my substantial level of training and experience to be working as a counsellor / psychotherapist. Appropriately, my counselling work adheres to the BACP’s Ethical Framework (click to read BACP’s statement on [...]
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Related Reading:
An Introduction to CounsellingOffers an introduction to the theory and practice of counselling and therapy. This book includes information on topics such as: Transactional analysis; The use of natural environment in counselling; The contribution of arts-based approaches; and, Integrating theory into practice.
Psychodynamic TechniquesExplores the role of both clients' and therapists' emotional experiences in the process of therapy.
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