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What can I expect from Counselling

Making the Most of Your Therapy

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Counselling is an opportunity to work on issues or problems that affect you in your life to seek a more satisfying and rewarding way to live. 

The more you know about therapy or the approach you intend to use can be can very beneficial the more you put in the more you receive out.

In other words the more you are able, to be honest, and open with yourself and your Counsellor the greater the impact this will have. 

 

It is not easy to open up to a stranger this is why it is important to feel that the Counsellor/therapist is the right fit for you there needs to be a trusting relationship where you feel safe, and confidentiality is paramount.     

 

 

Person Centred Approach (PCA)

Person-centred counselling is one of the humanistic modalities or approaches. It was founded in the 1940s by the American psychologist Carl Rogers who believed that, given the right conditions, a person can reach their full potential and become their true self, which he termed ‘self-actualisation’. This actualisation process is innate and accessible to everyone.

To help you achieve self-actualisation, the person-centred therapist will offer:

  • unconditional positive regard (UPR) – accepting and valuing you

  • congruence - being honest and transparent in how they experience you and your world

  • empathic understanding – seeing your viewpoint as if they were you

When you’re attending counselling sessions with a person-centred counsellor, you’ll be encouraged to bring your own issues to the session – the counselling is led by you and not directed by the counsellor.

Many clients, with no prior knowledge of counselling, believe that the counsellor will sort their problems out for them. A person-centred counsellor will help you to explore your own issues, feelings, beliefs, behaviour, and worldview, so you can become more self-aware and achieve greater independence.

 

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Discover your own abilities

 

As your therapist, I will do my best to help you to realise what resources and support are available to you that you can use to work through your own issues, build your self-confidence and appreciate that you always have options. I will treat you as the expert on yourself, as no one else knows exactly what it’s like to be you.

I will not judge you, no matter what you bring to the session. This helps build a trustworthy relationship in which you can feel free and supported to disclose whatever is troubling you. Eventually, it will lead you to discover your own abilities and autonomy, so that you can cope with current and future problems.

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For more information on PCA, you can visit the website for the Person Centred Association (TPCA).

 

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