Most practitioners agree that is the strength of the relationship between you and your therapist that is the best indicator for a successful counselling or psychotherapy outcome. If the fit between the two of you is good, then the chances are you, as the client, will be able to make…
“How could you be so selfish?!” “I’m finding you aggressive right now!” “You’re jealous!”
I’m waiting to pay at the supermarket check-out. I can feel the guy behind me’s breath on the back of my neck. From time to time the corner of his basket digs into my right kidney. He huffs, puffs and sighs. This man is in my personal space!
I like a good metaphor and I came across a great one the other day. On my holidays a tour guide was apologising for not being able to drive over the Brooklyn Bridge in New York as commercial vehicles (we were in a bus) are prohibited. But, she said, there…
For me, counselling is about change. You might consider visiting a counsellor when you are feeling uncomfortable or distressed about some aspect of your life. Together, you and your counsellor will explore what’s going on and consider options for making changes to the way you respond to certain situations and feelings.
I aim to post short articles about the counselling process roughly once a month. I will examine established theory and some of my own thoughts and insight from working with clients at my expanding private practice in the city of Brighton and Hove, UK. Occasionally I will give examples…
