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What
is psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy is a deeper process which
happens over a longer term and addresses patterns developed in the
past, often set early in life.
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I offer Transactional
Analysis psychotherapy
I work at relational depth to help people
with long-standing difficulties using Transactional Analysis
theory to understand what is happening in the relationship and
to guide my interventions.
You may have heard the expressions ‘games
people play’ or ‘I’m
OK, you’re OK’ or of the ‘Parent,
Adult Child’ model.
These are the most widely known TA concepts.
In this model, difficulties in the present
are seen to result from decisions made
in the past to cope with difficult experiences.
These coping strategies are no longer helpful
in the ‘here-and-now’ and new
decisions need to be made which will be more supportive
in the ‘here-and-now’.
You may like to read Counselling
for Toads (1997), by Robert de Board, New York, Routledge or
TA Today (1994), Ian Stewart and Vann Joines, Nottingham, Lifespace
Publishing
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about me |
I am a Certified Transactional
Analyist (psychotherapy).
I am a member
of the Institute of Transactional Analysis
and the Institute of Transactional Analysis in America.
I adhere to their codes of ethics, take regular supervision and
continue with my own personal and professional development. |
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| Working contract |
Therapeutic process: I carry out an initial assessment interview to see if we both feel we can work together. We then agree on a specific number of sessions. At the end of this we jointly assess our progress and decide whether further sessions will be helpful. If we cannot work together wherever possible I will assist you by providing alternative contacts.
Sessions: are weekly at a regular time; they last for fifty minutes (or 1¼ hours for couples). If you are late arriving for a session we will terminate at the usual time to allow me to fulfil my other appointments for the day.
Contact: I have a telephone answering machine. If I need to contact you, I just leave my name and number. If this is not acceptable please let me know.
Confidentiality: I treat all information disclosed to me by you as confidential. However, if I believe that you are in danger of harming yourself or others, or that a child is at risk, I reserve the right to inform outside agencies but would not do, wherever possible, without discussing this with you first. If you disclose information about certain criminal or terrorist offences I have a professional obligation to tell outside agencies without informing you first. |
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Payment
is made at the end of the session.
For individuals I charge £45
per 50 minute session;
a couples session (1 hour and
15 minutes) is £67.50.
Some concessions are available.
If you are late arriving for a session
we will end at the usual time to allow me to fulfil my other appointments
for the day.
Cancelled appointments with less than
48 hrs notice are charged for.
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