Counselling
I am a Melbourne counselling psychotherapist working in Richmond.
In counselling, I see all sorts of people with different things they want to work with. These include:
- anxiety,
- depression,
- self esteem
- family relationships,
- stress,
- anger management,
- work pressures,
- substance abuse,
- past traumas,
- intimate relationships,
...and more. Counselling can be a very effective way to deal with these problems.
Treatment
My approach with working with nearly all of my clients is in two stages;
1. The counselling stage
In this stage we work with the immediate problems. The aim is:
- to get you stabilised,
- to reduce your symptoms, and,
- to allow you to cope better.
To do this we use both Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and other proven therapeutic techniques.
2. The psychotherapy stage
In this stage we start to look at the underlying causes. The aim is;
- to get you back on your feet,
- to give you greater resilience, and,
- to allow you to develop and grow.
In practice, these two stages almost always happen together - we deal with the immediate problems at the same time that we look at their causes. My work is always guided by the needs of my client. The psychotherapy work is usually deeper and more longer term that the counselling work.
To understand more fully the approach that I take with my clients, see here.
For new clients the first session is at no cost or obligation - get further details here. I see clients in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond - more location details here.
