Counselling and Psychotherapy are two words often used to describe the same thing, although some therapists would argue they are different.
Counselling usually concentrates on one aspect of a person’s life, bereavement, relationships or other specific events – it is often time limited.
Psychotherapy concentrates on exploring the past and helps you gain greater awareness. It is generally open ended and may encompass many aspects of a person’s life.
Psychotherapy is an in depth way of working with your therapist to explore your feelings and talk about the difficulties you are experiencing that affect your life.

Therapy offers you the opportunity to talk confidentially about anything you wish and it is a way of working through issues, clarifying thoughts and feelings and facilitating change. It helps you to look at things differently and gives you the chance to identify negative patterns of behaviour enabling you to find a more positive way of being.
I see the therapeutic process as an exploration and a journey leading to a better understanding and acceptance. It can help you make changes in your life, make sense of individual circumstances and support you during the process of change.
It enables you to:
• Explore options
• Make changes
• Build Self Esteem and Confidence
• Explore the impact of change, loss and grief.

In my psychotherapy practice I work with many issues some of which include:
• Transgender
• Gender, Sexuality
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Stress
• Bereavement and Loss
• Phobias
• Low Self Esteem and Confidence
• Anger
• Relationships
I have experience of working with Pre and Post operative Transsexual clients
I run a private practice in Chesterfield, Derbyshire which enables me to work flexibly.
I offer both short and long term counselling to individuals and couples.
I work with a range of therapeutic tools, an integrative way of working, using cognitive behavioural therapy, person centred and psychodynamic models of counselling.

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