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I am a UKCP-Registered Counsellor and Psychotherapist based in the City of London, EC4 and Putney, SW15 offering CBT counselling and Integrative approaches to psychotherapy.
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Counselling Blackfriars | Counselling London
Psychotherapy Blackfriars | Psychotherapy London - Contact us:
- stephenweaver2
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89 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH
07939 393567
Tube:
- Blackfriars Station (0.3 km)
- Blackfriars Tube Station (0.3 km)
Nearby stations:
- City Thameslink Station (0.1 km)
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- 8am - 8pm, Monday and Tuesday
10 Harley Street, London, London W1G 9PF
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Counselling is not about giving advice but about listening and helping people to find a better way of dealing with such problems.
The longer you continue, the more you will connect with patterns from the past and see how they influence you now.
Where a problem persists, psychotherapy looks in depth at those patterns. Its emphasis is on the future rather than the past, focusing on outcomes which can be profoundly life-changing.
That is where the idea of unfolding comes in.
Like the tree, we are involved in a continuous process of growth and change. Optimal mental health includes making sense of the suffering and conflict which are an inescapable aspect of human development. As we address problems and crises, previously unrecognised or distorted qualities emerge within us, which challenge our assumptions about who we are and who we may yet become.
In this sense counselling and therapy explore, not only the causes of our experiences, but also the purpose of them. This is a life-long process, as we come to a better understanding of ourselves and our relationships.
I work with both short-term counselling (6 – 12 sessions) and long-term psychotherapy (3 months – 3 years).
A typical session takes the form of a conversation, in which you are free to speak about whatever you wish, in complete confidence. I respond in a constructive and non-judgmental way. Sometimes the conversation will flow; sometimes it may move into silence. Occasionally I may suggest working in a non-verbal way, with pens and paper, for example, or by focusing attention on what you are feeling in your body.
It is difficult to be more specific than that, because so much depends on the issues you bring, the goals we set for our work together and the ways in which our personalities interact.
Counselling and psychotherapy can be of tremendous help to people who:
Are willing to look at themselves
Consider the possibility that they are partly responsible for the problems in their lives
Are motivated to put into practice the insights they have about the need for change.
