What is Psychotherapy?
It is a process which involves meeting with another person to explore areas of
personal difficulty, offering the opportunity to get to know and acknowledge
yourself more fully. They both take a sensitive approach to discussing and
exploring issues that deeply affect you. Often these arise in the past - perhaps
as long ago as conception - and influence your experiences of life and your
feelings today.
There is overlap between Psychotherapy and Counseling and many therapists do
both. Counseling tends to be useful in the shorter term. Psychotherapy often
continues for longer and explores issues in greater depth.
Psychoanalysis
An approach to therapy, human nature, and personality theory introduced by
Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis emphasizes the role of unconscious motivation in
conscious behaviour. By being aware of the patient's verbal and nonverbal
communications, psychoanalysts can offer interpretations. It is a form of
therapy which uses ''free association', in which the patient is encouraged to
speak openly and freely, and relies on the analysis of transferences and
resistance. Psychoanalysis strives on making the unconscious more conscious.
Wonderful for:
- Stress at work
- Your relationships
- 'Mid-life crisis'
- Panic and anxiety
- Sexuality issues
- Painful or unexpected changes in life
- Bereavement and loss
- Living with terminal illness
- Feeling 'stuck'
- Unemployment, redundancy, retirement
- Homelessness
- Depression
- Lack of confidence or self esteem
- Emotional or physical abuse
- Addictive behaviour
- Difficulties around food
To help you find out whether Analytical Psychotherapy is appropriate for you, I
offer an initial consultation lasting one and a quarter hours. fee's
Follow-up sessions last for fifty minutes once weekly, or more often if this
would be helpful.
All information disclosed is treated as confidential.
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