Skills and training

I have been trained in a wide range of different counselling methods, including:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). A hugely effective therapeutic method that addresses the negative thought patterns that usually underlie stress, anxiety and low self-esteem. (For a free document about thinking errors and thinking skills, click here.)
• Psychodynamic Counselling. A way of understanding the powerful role of the unconscious in our lives, and how we develop defences that can hold us back from achieving our full potential.
• Stress management. A multi-modal cognitive-behavioural approach to the nature of stress, its management and prevention.
• Assertiveness and Communication Skills. Understanding how we can communicate to maximise our outcomes and maintain our self-respect.
• Solution Focused Therapy. How to create positive thinking strategies – focusing on the solution rather than the problem can often open the door to change.
• Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). A model for improving performance, becoming an excellent communicator and undergoing personal change.