Embodied Living psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Stafford
We are all able to be happy and live an embodied life full of meaning, connection, pleasure and satisfaction. But, from time to time, we all need a helping hand. Psychotherapy can help you to overcome and heal the problems that get in the way of happiness. Embodied Living offers psychotherapy in Stafford.
Psychotherapy in Stafford in a warm, non-judgemental space
Whether online psychotherapy or in person, I can help you with many issues. Perhaps you need help coping with anxiety or how to deal with depression. Perhaps you are suffering the symptoms of post-traumatic stress and need help with trauma or abuse? Do you want to learn to control your anger or manage your addiction? Maybe low self-esteem or panic attacks are getting in the way of your life. I offer a safe space to express your emotions and thoughts without judgement, allowing you to process and make sense of your feelings.
The therapy can achieve lasting results
Of course, you can be assured of a results oriented approach to psychotherapy, as we work together in an open and honest framework.
Offering secure online psychotherapy
The psychotherapy in Stafford takes place in the ST17 area of Stafford in a quiet and comfortable consulting room, which has a private reception and offers easy parking and access from all the main routes. It goes without saying that online psychotherapy and counselling is available via secure, encrypted online sessions. All you need to access online therapy is a device that is connected to the internet (mobile, tablet, laptop/computer). Of course telephone counselling is also an option.
Low fee psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Stafford
The initial consultation is without obligation. And after that you just pay one session at a time. I sometimes have limited spaces available to ‘pay what you can’ for those who might be struggling financially. In addition, there is a low fee intensive psychotherapy route that is available, I will be taking on clients next year through this.
Therapy that gets results
Outcomes are important and you want to know that the time and money you put into therapy will work. I have been using the CORE System to measure outcomes since 2012. This system is hugely popular and clinically proven since being developed in the late 90’s. CORE is now the outcome system of choice in the UK and increasingly overseas. Here is what you can expect to get with me:
a consistent record of achieving 95% reliable change and 85% both clinical and reliable change as measure by the CORE system
that means you are more likely to experience change and feel better as a result of undertaking psychoanalytic psychotherapy with me
ongoing investment in personal and self development over 100 hours each year and over 20 years’ experience working therapeutically
it is likely that you will be able to experience positive change by undertaking psychotherapy in Stafford with me
A psychoanalytic approach to psychotherapy in Stafford
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is now the principal framework through which I understand and practise psychotherapy. It is concerned not only with the difficulties or symptoms that bring someone to therapy, but with the unconscious meanings, conflicts and patterns of relationship that may underlie them. Experiences from our earliest relationships can become part of our internal world, shaping how we experience ourselves and others in ways that are often outside conscious awareness.
The work involves listening closely to what emerges through thoughts, feelings, memories, dreams and associations, but also to what may be communicated less directly: through silences, repetitions, contradictions, bodily experience and the emotional atmosphere that develops between therapist and patient. The therapeutic relationship itself becomes an important part of the work, as longstanding expectations and patterns of relating may gradually become perceptible within it. Through attention to transference and countertransference, experiences that have previously been difficult to recognise or think about can begin to acquire meaning.
Results-oriented psychotherapy that gets results
Depending on the presenting issue and desired outcome, sometimes therapy can be briefer and short-term, but often more long-term work is needed. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy does not aim simply to remove symptoms or provide techniques for managing them. Symptoms may themselves express something about an underlying psychological difficulty, and change can involve developing a greater capacity to understand, tolerate and think about one’s emotional experience. This is often a gradual process of working through rather than finding a quick solution, which is why psychoanalytic psychotherapy can be particularly valuable for longstanding or complex difficulties and may take place over a longer period, sometimes at more than once-weekly frequency.
Psychotherapy insights and advice on life issues…
Be more of who you can be with psychotherapy
How psychotherapy can help you overcome life’s problems
I just want to feel like myself again
Everything is too much and I just can’t cope anymore
I’m so anxious, I feel I’m going crazy
I’ve been living like this for so long
It feels like I am just surviving, not thriving
I don’t want to spend the rest of my life like this
I don’t see the point of it anymore
Life seems so meaningless and I don’t feel like I have any purpose
Everyone around me seems to be happy but I am not
Sometimes I don’t know what overcomes me
I get angry (anxious/sad) for no reason and it scares me
I’m worried I will lose people I love
These are just some of the things that people say who come for therapy sessions. I offer a safe, caring space to help you to find yourself again.
You might be feeling stressed, anxious, or depressed. Or perhaps you are worried about your health, family, job or relationship. Sometimes we can feel so stuck that we just don’t know which way to turn.
Have you felt that you’ve had to be the strong one, keep coping, not let anyone else in?
Do you feel that seeking help means that you are weak?
Have you been feeling down, hoping that something will change whilst putting on a brave face?
Many people live like this for years, and it often takes for us to be at rock bottom before we reach out. But when you do make contact, you have made a brave and life-changing decision. Change is often not easy, but it is possible. And I work at a pace that is right for you.
In a non-judgemental space you are able to talk freely and openly. About your pain, dissatisfaction, frustration, despair, alienation or other issues.
Just talking about things that you’ve held inside for so long can be a tremendous relief. By making connections and understanding how the past relates to now, you can increase self-awareness and loosen up the past’s grip on you and live more freely in the present.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy encourages you to explore your unconscious thoughts and emotions which can lead to increased self-awareness. Understanding the root causes of mental health problems can be the start of therapeutic change.
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