Psychodynamic counselling was originally conceptualised by Sigmund Freud. His concepts and insights are where many of the current forms of therapy draw their inspiration from.
I don’t adhere to the traditional approach which is to be silent with you. I disagree with this and I do interact with people when they come to see me. Counselling if you have never experienced it before is a very unusual situation and people are often very anxious when starting. I believe that by making the sessions more like everyday conversations helps you to relax into the process.
I use the concepts and ideas of psychodynamic counselling to inform my work with you. For me the focus is on the therapeutic relationship. I believe that it is vital that we can build a space where you can trust in the safety of that space to explore the material that you bring.
I believe that our past experience have an influence over how we are and how we respond to certain situation or people in the present that is why there will be a focus on the past in our work together. By exploring the past we can discover how that is effecting the present situation and then we can think about how to change how you view the situation or to give you a space to work through the feelings that come from the past and are affecting the present.
I believe that by understanding the past and the feelings that come with those experiences you can have a choice as to how you behave in the present and that choice is the key because you are making a conscious choice about how you react rather than just acting the same way you always have done.
Reflections Counselling 