Individual Therapy

Personal Consultancy

is a combination of counselling, psychotherapy and coaching used by our Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Ruth Shelley, to meet your individual needs.

Expert support with individual issues, family problems and overall personal development is available with our sensitive, but practical Counselling Psychologist.

Use Personal Consultancy to explore problems in confidence, gain self-awareness, and experience the challenge and satisfaction of positive change.

Those with preferences for specific therapeutic methods can request more of a humanistic, psychodynamic or cognitive-behavioural approach.

For more information contact Ruth Shelley.

Psychotherapy

There is no commonly agreed distinction between counselling and psychotherapy - UKCP registered psychotherapists are trained to Masters level.

Psychotherapy aims to help clients gain insight into their difficulties or distress and to enable them to explore ways of coping or bringing about changes in the way they think, feel and behave.

Every session is different because every client is different as are their problems. In our meetings I will encourage you to talk about your feelings and experiences in a structured way and will work with you to help find the capacity for change within yourself.

Having confidence in your therapist is essential. We can meet initially for a single session to discuss what you are looking for and give you an opportunity to ask questions to help you decide whether you think we can work together. You can opt for short or longer term therapy.

For more information contact Karen Francis.

Other Counselling Services: Relationship CounsellingPsychosexual Therapy

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Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

works on the principle that your thoughts (or cognitions) influence the way you feel and behave. This means that the kinds of thoughts we generate influence how we feel about certain events in our lives.

You are what you think!

As there are a number of Counsellors and Psychologists providing this therapeutic method at our clinic, we recommend you consult their individual profiles to select the most suitable person for you.