Person-centred counselling is based on the belief that every person is unique and, therefore, your view of your own world, and ability to manage it, should be trusted. It provides an environment where you can feel safe, understood, and valued, allowing you to explore your emotions, thoughts, and experiences in a non-judgmental setting. This therapeutic approach is grounded in the belief that individuals have the inherent capacity to understand and resolve their issues when provided with the right conditions. The therapist’s role is to create these conditions, facilitating the client’s self-exploration and growth.
Relational depth within a person-centred approach may be defined as a feeling of profound contact and engagement with another - as your counsellor, I experience high levels of empathy, acceptance and transparency towards you; powerful feelings of immersion in the therapeutic work; increased perceptual clarity; and greater levels of awareness, aliveness, and satisfaction.
The success of person-centred therapy generally relies on three conditions:
Unconditional positive regard, which means therapists must be empathetic and non-judgmental as they accept the client’s words and convey feelings of understanding, trust, and confidence that encourage clients to feel valued and to make their own (better) decisions and choices.
Empathetic understanding, which means therapists completely understand and accept their clients’ thoughts and feelings, in a way that can help reshape an individual’s sense of their experiences.
Congruence, or genuineness which means therapists carry no air of authority or superiority but instead present a true and accessible self that clients can see is honest and transparent.
I help with a range of issues including:
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