Further Approaches & Interests

Further approaches to Psychotherapy

Although throughout my approach is Intersubjective, Humanistic and Psychodynamic, we may find it necessary to integrate other perspectives

Existential Therapy

It is a huge challenge to us to live full, meaningful lives with the knowledge of death and pain. We wonder what life is all about. Traditionally in Psychotherapy we look at the roots of our problems in childhood. This does not acknowledge the fear we carry about our precarious and mystifying existence.
To counter this fear, I believe we need to find / create meaning in our lives. We need to find inspiration, something that takes us out of ourselves and make us feel we belong to a greater whole. Love is about the connections we have: to other people, nature, music, art; it gives a sense of meaning to our lives and perhaps a sense of soul.

Jungian Analysis

Jung Analysis taps into our need for such meaning. I think his symbolism and emphasis on dreams and Archetypes can be inspirational. 

Politics

Environment, class, race, gender, gay and lesbian issues, inequality, 
I work with an awareness that we are shaped by our natural and political environment, and that this wider context comes into the room with us. You may be worried about climate change, the state of the world, economic collapse, or affected by one of the many inequalities and prejudices in our society. I am a member of PCSR (Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility), where such issues may be given a place in therapy, if necessary.

Related to this, I work for the Trauma Foundation South West, working with Post Traumatic Shock in Asylum seekers and Refugees

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