Counsellor and Psychotherapist in Richmond upon Thames, (Barnes and Richmond) West London - Beccy Lindsay
About Counselling
What is therapy and counselling?
Therapy offers you, a safe, confidential place to talk about your life and any difficulties that you are experiencing. I will listen to you and ask about your situation and your history and we will plan what it is you want to work on with me.
I offer both short-term and long-term work. Short-term counselling offers the chance to focus on a particular difficulty or a selected target area. My way of working is integrative; I combine training which is psychoanalytic and relational and work in a person-centred way. I will help you to talk about yourself and my style is conversational. We'll explore the issues on your mind and how they are affecting your life. We'll look at the ways of coping you have always used, where they keep you stuck and where they are still useful to you. We'll work through these so that you can stop repeating in ways that harm you and I'll help you to change these patterns if they hold you back. In our search, we'll find out about your early years and if they still weigh on you, preventing you from progressing and having the life that you want for yourself.
Therapy offers an opportunity to think about yourself or your relationships and your concerns in a way that you often can’t do with family and friends. I will offer a place and time which is just for you to 'hear yourself think' and get professional guidance as you adapt yourself for the life you want, going forward.
Our sessions will be confidential which means that I adhere to the ethical framework of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and am a registered ICO (Information Commissioner's Office) member for protecting your privacy.
Psychoanalytic therapies:
Psychoanalytic therapy is based on an individual's unconscious thoughts and perceptions that have developed throughout their early years, and how these affect their current behaviour and thoughts. Deeply buried memories or experiences may be causing you distress. These may have to do with issues like abuse, violence, addiction and bullying or they may have had to do with parental criticism and/or the feeling that you would not be able to meet a standard that seemed to be set for you, or satisfy the expectations of others. There are many reasons why we feel depressed or anxious, even if we are not sure why. Through counselling, you can have help with this and feeling good about yourself and fulfill your potential in your future life.
Person-centred therapies
Person-centred therapies focus on self-development, growth and responsibilities. They seek to help individuals recognise their strengths, creativity and choice in the 'here and now'.
A video-link session or the environment of my counselling room offers you a Person-Centred approach, which means that we will focus on your self worth and values. Being valued for who you are, can help you to accept yourself, reconnect with yourself, and get your life, career and relationships back on track, or on track for the first time.
Relational Therapy
Relational Therapy is in some ways the 'big picture' of our sessions. I guide our interaction in the light of all the influences that have brought you into the session, including the immediate present and, the influences of the past. Building trust between us and making it feel safe for you to tell me about yourself, is a key factor to setting you free from repetition of unhealthy patterns in your relationships, in your workplace and what happens to you when are out in the world.
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Richmond upon Thames
West London