Gestalt Counselling in Stafford
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RB Turner Counselling & Psychotherapy
Psychotherapist, MNCS Accred
Verified
Verified
Finding the therapist that is right for you might like a feel daunting prospect, especially at a time when you may be feeling vulnerable or uncertain, perhaps at a crossroads in your life. This is not unusual, whether this is the first time you have sought therapy or have taken therapy in the past. Sometimes we need help to overcome conflicts and blocks in our life that are confusing or difficult . I understand that you are a unique and complex individual, with many facets and aspects that make you who you are, which impact on how you experience yourself, and how you have had to adapt to face life's struggles.
Healthy Minds Stafford Limited
Psychologist, CPsychol
Verified
Verified
With over 18 years experience working with individuals, couples and families, I can help you deal with issues in your daily life and provide you with the support/interventions to overcome them. Marriage Counselling, Relationship Counselling, Couples Counselling, Addictions, Anxiety Treatment, OCD Treatment, Stress, Counselling Anger Management, Family Therapy, Counselling For Depression, Gender issues. The therapy provided by Healthy Minds Stafford can: Help you talk about issues you find difficult to discuss with others. Give you the confidence to make changes to improve your life. Offer new insights into your issues from a fresh and impartial perspective.
Kelly Rowley Counselling
Counsellor, MBACP
Verified
Verified
Life can you hit you hard! I know this from experience. The good news is, that there is always a way back, no matter how hopeless the situation might feel at the time. The fact that you are here right now shows that you have the inner strength and desire to move forward. That in itself is huge, and the first step towards discovering (or re-discovering) the person that you truly are. Maybe you are feeling stressed? or suffer from anxiety? Are you struggling with a past traumatic experience? or the loss of a loved one? You could be stuck in a rut and not know why? Whatever it may be, remember that it does not have to be permanent.
Dr Joanna Saddington
Psychologist, PsychD, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
Verified
Verified
Hello, my name is Dr Joanna Saddington. I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 2006. Before setting up in private practice I worked in the NHS for 18 years. I am passionate about helping adults, young people, children and families overcome their difficulties. We all know life can be challenging, so it doesn't matter whether a problem is longstanding or is more recent. What is important, is that we work together to try to solve it. I always aim to work in a way that suits the individual and their needs, as well as aiming to deliver therapy empathetically and without judgment.
Teresa Lewis
Counsellor, MSc, MBACP Snr. Accred
Verified
Verified
Teresa Lewis is a Senior Accredited psychotherapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP Snr. Accred). Qualified in 1995, Teresa has been providing counselling and psychotherapy treatment for nearly 30 years. Teresa has completed over 30,000 therapy sessions and has successfully dealt with a wide range of issues from anger management to health anxiety. Teresa holds a masters degree in counselling and psychotherapy and is also a qualified EMDR practitioner and accredited mindfulness teacher.
Kerrie Louise Fullard
Counsellor, MBACP
Verified
Verified
I am an integrative therapist offering a complimentary model of therapy that provides insight into a persons life. I believe that our experiences affect the way we behave and relate to others and this can sometimes create distress and conflict within us that impacts on the way we live our life. What I offer is a safe, private and confidential environment to explore in depth the cause of your distress.
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Nigel Glaze
Psychotherapist, MA, MUKCP
Verified
Verified
I am a registered and highly qualified psychotherapist with 30 years in both the NHS and private sector. I offer a protected space to talk about your problems and feelings, confidentially and in confidence. My process is to listen carefully to your concerns trying to fully understand and experience what it’s like in your shoes. I then consider how to you deal with negative thoughts and feelings you have. Sometimes in my work, in the endeavor to understand, I try to get to the heart of things. Listening carefully to your problems trying to find out what's causing the difficulties and then helping you to find solutions.
Online Therapists
Lynda Victoria Pabari
Psychotherapist, MUKCP
Verified
Verified
I PROVIDE ONLINE THERAPY VIA Skype, Zoom, and the telephone. I also provide indoor and outdoor face to face psychotherapy. I will help you explore the parts of yourself that feel out of tune or conflicted: psychological, intellectual, sexual, emotional, bodily, spiritual, ecological and relational. One part out of sync will lead to inner conflict, which is then experienced as symptoms such as anxiety, anger, sleep problems, depression, and relationship difficulties. Relational-developmental psychotherapy using a
gestalt
approach can help with symptoms of trauma, emotional instability, long term mental health difficulties
Safe Space Matters
Counsellor, MNCS Accred
Verified
Verified
I draw on the theoretical approaches of Transactional Analysis, Person Centred Counselling and
Gestalt
.
Perhaps you’re experiencing loss or sadness, are having struggles at work, in your personal life, or in your relationships. Maybe you have difficult situations from your past that get in the way of your happiness in the present. You have experienced trauma or abuse, feel shame, anxiety, or depression. Whatever has brought you to this point, you have found the strength to seek help and that is your first step to taking back control and beginning your personal journey towards healing. A safe space matters to us all, especially at times of turmoil and pain, and that is what you will find here when you need it the most.
Carla Thomas
Counsellor, MBACP
Verified
Verified
I offer a
Gestalt
approach and believe that the patterns which emerge in our relationships are the key to who we are and how we feel.
Working with me may help you to identify addictive or destructive cycles, overcome past traumas and events and make positive changes to your lifestyle. My approach is warm, kind and challenging and I integrate different ways of working to explore the best ways for you to explore your issues. I offer a safe and confidential space for you to explore difficulties in your life in central Bristol.
Michelle Bethell
Psychotherapist, MNCS Accred
Verified
Verified
Hello my name is Michelle. Welcome to my profile. I am an integrative psychotherapist trained in a varied range of theories including Person Centred Therapy, Transactional Analysis,
Gestalt
, CBT, Psychoanalytic & Psychodynamic. If you are considering counselling I provide a professional and approachable service in a confidential and comfortable Therapy room. If you are unsure how to tackle your issues I offer an initial consultation with no further obligations. I provide a Telephone consultation first at a reduced rate of £30.00.
Liz Mellor
Psychotherapist, PhD, MUKCP
Verified
Verified
As an experienced
gestalt
psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer, I offer a flexible bespoke therapy.
With much understandable anxiety, overwhelm, depression, loss and sadness at this time, I offer a caring, safe, confidential, supportive and non-judgemental space to explore whatever brings you to therapy at this time. Alongside you, I may work towards enabling a surer sense of yourself; safely working with relationship issues (in the past or present); to understand life-changes (e.g. divorce/separation/retirement/identity issues/ bereavement and loss); and in working traumatic moments or life-events. I offer short and longer term work. Each session can potentially discover something new as a spur to growth and healing.
Samantha Shepherd Counselling
Counsellor, MBACP
Verified
Verified
I work from a person centred core and draw from other humanistic approaches including CBT, Transactional Analysis, Psychosynthesis and
Gestalt
.
I am a fully qualified integrative counsellor offering counselling to individuals in the Bristol area. I have experience of working with anxiety, depression, low confidence/self esteem, relationship issues, bereavement and domestic abuse. Through offering a safe, confidential space and building a trusting relationship, I will work with you to help you gain an understanding of yourself and how you experience life, allowing you to gain self awareness and clarity. Counselling gives you a chance to pause from the chaotic world, reflect and be heard, this may be a rare opportunity and can help gain insight and compassion for yourself.
Rebecca Smith
Psychotherapist, MNCS Accred
Verified
Verified
Therefore, I work using a Pluralistic Approach: I draw on different therapeutic models such as Person-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Transactional Analysis and
Gestalt
.
I am a warm, empathetic and non-judgemental psychotherapist and counsellor. I have worked with adults, young people and families for many years and am passionate about helping people on their way towards making change and living happier and more fulfilled lives. I offer a safe, non-judgemental environment in which you can explore what is going on for you and the impact this is having on your life. I offer a free, no-obligation, introductory session either on the telephone or online and both short term and longer term counselling is available.
Digbeth Counselling & Psychotherapy
Counsellor, MNCS Accred
Verified
Verified
Gestalt
therapy involves a one-to-one relationship and not a collection of techniques and methods which are practised on a person or which have to be learnt and taken home by the client to implement. With the focus on developing awareness, it is a ‘here and now’ therapy, with an emphasis on what happens at the present moment in the therapy room. It gives you the client, the opportunity to understand more fully your current situation and who you are as a person. Our relationship is at the heart of the work, i.e. how we relate to one another as is exploring your experience – your thinking, feelings and emotions.
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Lucas Voclere Counselling & Psychotherapy (Online)
Integrating approaches/tools from methods such as Person Centred,
Gestalt
, Transactional Analysis and Psychodynamic, I will assist you with developing healthy relationships with yourself and others, and make the best choices to move forward with your life.
Are you struggling with your life, your self-esteem or your relationships? Struggling to understand who you are, what you need, how to cope and what changes you could make to improve your life? Haunted by your past? Terrified of your future? Then the humanistic and integrative talking therapy I offer could help you. I hold a safe space of acceptance of everything you are and want to present, honouring your life experience and difficulties. I facilitate awareness & will, healing & resilience, and well-being to help you tailor your life around your unique identity and needs.
Gemma Roberts Counselling
Counsellor, MBACP
Verified
Verified
My name is Gemma and I am an Integrative Counsellor. Meaning I work with my clients on an individual basis. The core of my work is person-centred, I then introduce and incorporate aspects of CBT,
Gestalt
and Psychodynamic therapy to suit the client and their needs. I offer a warm, friendly and confidential space for you to share and explore your feelings.A safe space where you can address your needs and achieve you’re goals.
Lex Alp
Counsellor, MSc, MBACP
Verified
Verified
Tailored in CBT,
Gestalt
, Psychodynamic and more, the counsellor/client relationship must be built on trust and shared goals.
With an extensive background of working in mental health I have worked with issues such as depression and anxiety, and personality disorders, mood disorders, trauma, and abuse. Ive worked with those who have had circumstantial problems such as loss, relationship issues/breakdowns, to long standing histories of abuse, adverse childhood experiences, isolation and complex mental health needs. No issue is too much or too overwhelming, as I believe with the right support, patience and care, we can both find the solution and the unravelling of the meaning of the problem to know how to take one step forward.
Anne Catherine Hamlyn
Counsellor, PhD, BACP
Verified
Verified
Gestalt
therapy is relational and holistic.
Are you looking for change and growth in yourself and in your relationships? Are the experiences and patterns of the past are keeping you stuck? I aim to create a safe space where you can connect more fully to your own feelings beyond the relentless flow of a life that pressures us to achieve more, own more and be better people. We can look at your blocks and fears, what brings you joy and energy. Our work will be interactive, and led by you because you are the expert on you and what you need to grow. I aim to help you live more authentically and embrace the world with creativity and compassion.
Wild Divine Therapy
Counsellor
Verified
Verified
I offer
gestalt
therapy, mindfulness, transpersonal & spiritual counselling and depending on you, I can offer movement and catharsis to go deeper.
I meet you where you are, with deep compassion and humility. I know what it’s like to feel fear, anxiety, shame, unworthiness, deep grief, raging anger, overwhelm and hurt and all the emotions in between. I am as human as you are. The world has transformed from a place we knew and understood into something unknown and unpredictable. Now navigating our lives can feel more stressful. I help you feel empowered, find peace of mind, sleep at night and feel at ease with yourself again. I have returned from a deep personal odyssey abroad and am longing to be in service again. If you want to know more please see: www.wilddivine.co.uk
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Gestalt Counsellors
What is gestalt therapy?
Gestalt therapy is based on the idea that to address unresolved negative feelings, emotions must be not only discussed but also actively expressed in the present moment. The term is from a German word meaning “whole,” and gestalt therapists believe that people should be considered whole entities made up of mind, body, and emotions. Gestalt sessions are rooted in the notion that a client’s total self must be discovered, explored, and confronted, so that they can take greater responsibility for themselves and their behaviour, learn to satisfy their own needs while still respecting the needs of others, and reconnect with feelings they might otherwise deny.
How does gestalt therapy work?
Gestalt therapy sessions do not just involve talking with a therapist. Clients may take part in role-playing, re-enactment, or artistic exercises like drawing and painting, with the goal of becoming more aware of negative thought patterns that limit happiness. One common gestalt exercise is “the empty chair,” in which a client sits across from an empty chair representing a partner, relative, boss, or a part of themselves—and, with the therapist’s encouragement, improvises a dialog with it. The intention is to bring the emotions raised by past conflicts into the present and work through them in the moment.
How long does gestalt therapy last?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for gestalt therapy; people who believe that they are making progress typically continue until they feel they’ve addressed the issues that had been holding them back. New patients should understand that it may take some time to become comfortable with gestalt exercises but once they do, they should expect sessions to extend for a number of months, typically spanning at least 12 sessions.
Does gestalt therapy work?
Gestalt therapy has generally been found to be as effective as other forms of talk therapy in helping people living with anxiety, depression, phobias, bipolar disorder, and substance use disorders, as well as helping individuals reduce conflict in relationships. Gestalt techniques, on their own or in combination with other therapies, can also be effective in managing physical ailments including ulcerative colitis, migraines, and back spasms. It should be noted that some people may have trouble adapting to gestalt therapy’s lack of formal structure or to a therapist’s close observations of their body language and emotions; others may struggle to commit to techniques that feel unnatural, like the empty chair exercise.