Psychology, Psychotherapy and Coaching

Compassion focused therapy helps people who experience strong self-critical thoughts or rule-based thinking such as “you should know how to deal with this by now” or “no one likes you, you’re an embarrassment” or “you should be further along in your career by now”.

This type of therapy works with feelings of shame, guilt and self-punishment. Clients who engage with compassion focused therapy find that they are able to develop a kinder way of talking to themselves and are less self-critical.

Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people who are feeling either overwhelmed by their difficulties or avoidant of certain experiences. It helps people to find acceptance of themselves, their thoughts and their feelings rather than battling with them.

It also helps to identify key values in people’s lives so that they can find ways to commit to living a value-based, enriching life.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy helps people to identify cycles of negative thinking and behaviours that they may be in and to challenge and break these cycles by finding alternative thoughts and challenging themselves with activities that they might be avoiding.

In this type of therapy, clients are given homework that supports them to challenge their thinking and behaviours in order to live a more fulfilling life.

Mindfulness-based therapy helps people to identify when they are caught up in thoughts/feelings/sensations that take them away from the present moment. It has its roots in Eastern Buddhist meditation practices but it is not a religious-based therapy.

It can help people strengthen their muscle of awareness so that they are more able to notice distracting and sometimes debilitating thoughts and emotions and to re-direct their attention to the present moment more readily.

LGBT+ affirmative therapy is offered by a therapist with expertise and /or lived experiences in the area of gender, sexuality and relationship diversity.

This type of therapy offers a safe, exploratory space to explore these themes within the confines of acceptance, compassion and deeply held respect.

Narrative therapy explores the way in which we tell stories about ourselves, other people and the world around us. Some of these stories can be helpful, but some can be limiting. A narrative therapist will help you explore what stories you hold and whether or not these help you in your life.

They will explore with you alternative story lines. There is a strong emphasis on themes of empowerment, hope and and resilience in the face of difficulties.

Systemic therapy understands human distress as being located between people rather than within an individual. For this reason, systemic therapy sees more than one person in therapy (couples, families and even friends).

Systemic therapy considers issues of power, difference, diversity between social groups and identities and how these might impact on individuals, families and larger social groups.

EMDR is a trauma-focused therapy and aims to help individuals overcome specific traumas they have experienced in their lives.

Existential therapy considers philosophical questions that are universally applicable to humans such as death, freedom, choice and the meaning of life.

It helps us to make sense of our experience of being in relationships with ourselves, other people and the wider world.

Person centered therapy is a form an exploratory therapy whereby the client leads the sessions, guided by a therapist who creates a therapeutic environment made up of compassion, acceptance and empathy.

The therapist understands the client to be the expert of their own lives and helps guide clients to become their true, authentic, through questions and deeper exploration.

Psychodynamic therapy works to uncover unconscious thoughts and feelings that have developed since childhood. It is an exploratory approach and the therapeutic relationship is key in helping the client understand their way of relating. The therapist explores with the client their defences and how these might have blocked the client from feeling deeper, buried, painful feelings.

Psychodynamic therapy is a broad umbrella term for a range of approaches that fall under the psychodynamic schools of therapy.

Relationship therapy helps to understand patterns and dynamics in relationships that are playing out in relationships. The therapist will help clients notice and understand communication patterns and where these might come from.

They will be offered strategies to work on that can improve their relationship or they may wish to work towards ending the relationship. We also offer parenting and co-parenting support.

We want to ensure high quality therapy is available to everyone. The above therapies are all available at reduced fees depending on the availability of therapists. Our trainee psychologists and therapists are working towards their doctorate and undergoing rigorous training and have prior counselling qualifications.

Please get in touch if you are interested in low cost therapy.