Counselling in OX2

I am a humanistic counsellor and take a holistic approach in understanding the unique experiences of my clients and their lives, the relationship with oneself, others, and the world around them. I value the uniqueness of every individual and provide a safe, supportive and non-judgemental therapeutic environment. Clients can express themselves freely, can feel understood, reflect on their experiences and recognise their inner resources and strength.

There are times in life when some people may experience overwhelming feelings and behaviours that can persist even with the support of friends and loved ones. I'm a qualified accredited practitioner with a solid track record of positive changes affirmed by my clients. I offer a consistent, competent and affordable service to all my clients regardless of their world views, cultural diversity and other factors. I help my clients resolve the challenges they may be dealing with or issues which are troubling them using a combined approach to therapy that best matches their characteristics and preferences.

If you are looking for someone to really listen to what you have to say and, where appropriate, to reflect back some non-judgemental comment, I think I could be the person you are looking for. With twelve years as a therapist and twenty-five years membership of the British Psychological Society (with a degree in that subject as well as a masters in cognitive science and over ten years working for an employee assistance provider, mostly recruiting and training therapists) I have the knowledge and experience to offer you a warm and empathic service.

I am a BPS Chartered Psychologist, Registered Counselling and Clinical Psychologist (HCPC), Integrative Psychotherapist, and Mindfulness Teacher. I offer a safe and confidential space, supporting clients who would like to develop more awareness of their inner world and its impact on their current challenges and ways of relating.

We work with a wide range of issues that include common presentations such as anxiety, depression, childhood difficulties, historical abuse and social unease. We aim to provide you with the emotional freedom to explore the human conditions that challenge our general mental and emotional wellbeing. We do this by offering differing ways of working eg couple or individual counselling, mentoring and small group work.

People seek psychotherapy and counselling for many reasons. You may be coming with a very clear sense of what is troubling you, or you may be experiencing a more generalised feeling that life has lost its meaning. I work with adults of all ages, cultural backgrounds and sexualities who are facing a broad range of challenges. For me, therapy is not about categorising people using labels or diagnoses. Instead, it allows the opportunity to stay with, and make sense of the unique experience of a person’s suffering.

Whatever is wrong, what you want to change about yourself, how you feel, and how your moods and feelings affect you, depends on the emotion in you. To change your moods and feelings and how they affect your behaviour you need to work with the underlying emotion. Adaptation Practice is designed to do this. It is a safe and effective treatment for all emotional (that is, emotion-based) difficulties and problems.

Individuals or couples who want to explore relationship issues and work out what they want, whether in the relationship or out of it. I help clients identify patterns of destructive communication and rebuild connection. I work with individuals who need support with decision making about their relationship (or lack of one), who may be experiencing anxiety or low self -esteem as a result. Having worked extensively in the corporate sector for many years I also offer single session therapy for clients who feel they are at a career crossroads and would benefit from objective and constructive listening.

My work centres around trauma, developmental trauma, emotional neglect and the capacity to understand and express feelings and emotions. Through working with body awareness you will understand how these feelings arise in the first place; why your body behaves a particularl way; why you say things in a particular way; why you act as you do. As you become aware of the effect of this on yourself and others, you can make decisions and choices on how to change this, so that you can live your life fully and authentically, and to its full potential.

I am a Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and Autogenic Therapist and offer Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Child Parent Psychotherapy, Infant Parent Psychotherapy, parent sessions and Autogenic Training (meditative self-help technique for children and adults).

You may be feeling life is difficult and challenging at the moment, struggling with anxiety or depression, or loneliness. You may have a general feeling of dissatisfaction making life difficult to manage. You may be struggling with a bereavement. You may find that you are feeling angry for much of the time. You may be looking for a way to alleviate your suffering and solve your problems in order to live a more satisfying life where you are more at ease with yourself and with other people. You might find it helpful to explore these thoughts and feelings in a safe and confidential environment. I hope to provide such a place.

Hello, I am an experienced and fully qualified counsellor/psychotherapist currently working online and from September onwards in Oxford. I offer a warm, caring and genuine space in which I hope you feel safe to communicate what is on your mind. I believe the client - therapist relationship is paramount to the effectiveness of us working together to unravel what you are going through and work towards a better sense of self. I am working ONLINE throughout the COVID-19 lockdown, so please do reach out if you are needing someone to chat to. Don't feel alone.

Hello, I'm Patrick. I am an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist and a Chartered member of the British Psychological Society. I hold a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Oxford. I am Co-director of Psychology Oxford. We offer psychological support for children, young people and adults from our practice in North Oxford. Our Clinical, Counselling and Coaching psychologists work using a a range of psychological modalities, including CBT, Mindfulness, and other talking therapies. We are person-centred with a focus on alleviating a range of psychological difficulties that keep us from living our best life.

I provide focused therapy that will help you to see your patterns and emotions as well as moral and ethical challenges arising from interpersonal and social contexts better, to then allow you to change them. Obstacles to change are very subtle, often almost invisible. Self-awareness can redirect your energies to creating more positive states of mind. We will work on how ethical and moral dilemmas arise between people, how this interacts with different life experiences that impact your personality and how that then affects your psychological well being.

Do you or a loved one have unhealthy habits that are becoming regular routines? Is anxiety, low mood or depression causing you to feel lost, helpless or worthless? Is drinking or using drugs becoming more frequent as a way of coping? Are personal and work relationships being affected? Is your mental or physical health affecting your motivation? Do you feel shame, remorse and loneliness? If you or someone you are supporting is experiencing any of these feelings then I can help.

I work with adults, children and young people across Oxfordshire, and in other locations via online sessions. In line with clinical psychology philosophy, I work by integrating science, psychological theory, and clinical skills/knowledge to my everyday practice of helping others. I have experience of working with people from all walks of life who have been struggling with complex psychological difficulties, often for many years. The stress of life does not make us abnormal, often how we feel, and what we experience is a reflection of what we have been through. These are times when we may need help to work through our problems.

I am a mindfulness based transpersonal psychotherapist. I can help you with anxiety, trauma, depression, addiction, and many other psychological problems. I work with your psyche's strengths and struggles, to help empower you to heal, gain trust, compassion, and deep understanding within yourself. I do this mainly through guiding you to find agreement, clarity, and build trust with yourself. In this work it is surprising how gaining an understanding of yourself and the underlying traumas helps people gain more control congruence and healing. I find working with people to be deeply rewarding, and I truly care.

I am an integrative psychotherapist with a primary training in Psychosynthesis and supplementary trainings in EMDR (Certs 1-3) and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (nearing completion of Advanced Integrative Training toward certification, Level 3). Drawing on the body, long history with Buddhist psychology and meditation, and over 12 years experience working with complex trauma in therapeutic communities in the NHS and the prison system, I work with clients to reframe mental health difficulties as psychospiritual opportunities to deepen our relationships and maximise our potential.

You may have been considering therapy for a while but are hesitating or perhaps you've had previous experience and need something more. You feel something is not right but it is hard to think about or put into words? Living with high levels of anxiety, shame or fear for a prolonged period, can negatively affect the way we perceive ourselves and others. So with a compassionate approach, I work with most psychological difficulties, and have a special interest in anxiety and low mood, problematic family relationships, parenting and bereavement. I also work extensively with adolescents and welcome working with those of 16+years.

We are in some challenging times and with that there is opportunity for both support with 'here and now issues' and deeper exploration of being you. I am an Integrative Body Psychotherapist, Counsellor, Trauma Recovery Specialist and Couples Psychotherapist, having been in the field for over 22 years working with adults and teenagers from many walks of life. I work with life challenges and transitions and include the neurobiology of relationship, learning needs and styles, internal parts systems, transgenerational trauma, birth psychology and transpersonal realms.