Need to talk?

Counselling is a "talking therapy" where the therapist gives the individual an opportunity to explore, discover  and understand ways of improving themselves and the way they live their lives.

Counselling addresses feelings, issues and/or problems in the "here and now" by looking to alter  any negative habits, perceptions, and/or beliefs that may  be affecting the individual.

The Human Givens

I adopt the Human Givens approach to therapy. This therapy uses recognised & effective brief, solution-oriented processes, offering fast, effective and practical solutions, while looking more to the future than the past. It draws on the elements of cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal & neural techniques which international studies have shown to be consistently effective.

What are the Human Givens?

We all have basic emotional needs, such as the need for love, security, connection and control, and the self-esteem which arises from feeling competent in different areas of our lives.

We also have the innate resources to help us meet these needs including: memory, imagination, problem solving abilities, self-awareness and a range of complementary thinking styles to employ in various different situations.   It is these needs and resources together, which are built into our bio­logy, that make up the human givens.

When emotional needs are not met or when our resources are used incorrectly, we suffer considerable distress  and so do those around us.

The human givens approach focuses on helping people to identify unmet emotional needs and empowering them to meet these needs by activating their own natural resources in new ways. To do this a variety of up-to-date, proven, brief solution oriented techniques are used.

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