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 Psychotherapy & Counselling Approach'Without darkness nothing comes to birth as without light nothing flowers'Counselling and Psychotherapy gives you the opportunity to be listened to in a non-judgemental way about the difficulties you are experiencing. It provides a supportive and confidential relationship where you have the space to explore your feelings and thoughts and gain insight into your situation. It can enable you to gain clarity about yourself and develop creative solutions to move forward in your life. I can offer emotional support and help you explore a wide range of issues such as: Stress, anxiety and worry
Relationships issues
Family relationships
Social and work issues
Redundancy
bullying and harrassment
Low self-esteem
Confidence Building
Anxiety
Coping with loss
Bereavement
Panic attacks and phobias
Depression, and
Life direction questions
Childhood issues
Gender issues
Effects of a traumatic event
Illness and disability
Spiritual crisis
My Personal Approach
My theoretical orientation is Integrative and my philosophy of the human being is a broadly humanistic view; that we would like to reach our full potential and develop our sense of self throughout out our life. However, certain experiences and messages we received growing up led to unhelpful negative thoughts and core beliefs about ourselves. Life events also impact on us and our level of functioning. With the nurturing conditions of a positive therapeutic relationship, we can be helped to achieve a more integrated image of ourselves and the movement towards meaning and fulfilment.
I incorportae various creative tools and CBT techniques where appropriate.
You can find me listed in the national UKCP directory, BACP directory and Sussex Counselling directory
Below is a description of the main approaches I incorporate into or that influence my practice:
Integrative Psychotherapy
This is when several distinct models of counselling and psychotherapy are
Humanistic Psychotherapy
This embraces techniques coming from the 'personal growth movement'. Emphasis is on self-development and achieving highest potential rather than dysfunctional behaviour. 'Client-centred' is often used and the therapy can be described as holistic. The client’s creative drive may be used to explore and resolve personal issues.
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
This approach stresses the importance of the unconscious and past experience in determining current behaviour. The client is encouraged to talk about childhood relationships with parents and other significant people and the therapist focuses on the client/therapist relationship (the dynamics) and in particular on the transference. Transference is when the client projects onto the therapist feelings experienced in previous significant relationships.
Biographical Counselling
Based on the psychological, social and spiritual dimensions of life, it works with past, present and future. It is based on the understanding that many of the questions and struggles that we meet in our individual lives are at the same time the developmental questions of our phase of life. It considers the person's lifestory and tasks with which their biography presents them.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Based on the idea that emotions and behaviour are determined by thinking, CBT aims to alter negative thought processes which lead to distress. By identifying negative core beliefs together we can explore and weigh up the validity of these and replace them with more realistic ideas.
Appointments and Fees:
How do I make an appointment?
You can call me on my phone number 01273 204837 or 07796 331618 or contact me at my email address bella@lifespanpsychotherapy.co.uk
We can arrange an initial consultation and if we agree to work together, we will set up a regular session time each week.
How long are the sessions?
Sessions last 50 minutes.
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01273 204837