Psychotherapy

When considering painful events in your current life, the psychodynamic approach looks to the past to find the core wounds in your history that may still be influencing your present. 

Understanding our history can help us identify patterns which have been occurring since childhood so that we can move forward with more awareness and compassion for ourselves. 

Buddhist mindfulness practises have explored the link between mind and body since ancient times, and recently scientists have caught up: confirming the connection between our mind and physical experiences. 

Core process psychotherapy uses mindfulness and meditative practises to explore the ways unresolved trauma may be manifesting in your body. From low energy and disassociation to tension or pain, the effects of trauma on the body are numerous. 

Making space for these feelings is key to paving the way for greater self-understanding on an emotional and physical level. 

There is no need to have a specific belief, or any prior experience of mindfulness or meditation to begin core process psychotherapy, your therapist will guide you through the process. 

Core process psychotherapy places the healing nature of healthy relationships at the centre of the practise. 

Traumatic events and unhealthy relationships can change our brains, but the good news is that our brains are malleable, and healing is always possible. Healthy relationships can literally rewire our brains, making new neural connections. 

In personal relationships we often push uncomfortable emotions aside, but in psychotherapeutic relationships, you’re able to explore all of your feelings without judgement and identify patterns of relating to others.

Truly experiencing how you feel within the therapeutic relationship offers an accessible way of exploring long-held beliefs that could be influencing your reactions to the present moment and more broadly, your life.

This can help us accept all parts of ourselves with compassion, integrating fragments which may have been lost due to our history and the messages we received in childhood, because it wasn't acceptable to be fully us.

By noticing these patterns in the present, it allows us to see these narratives and unconscious patterns with more clarity. 

Hopefully, this enables us to let go of old tendencies which may no longer be serving us, allowing us to choose something more nourishing.

We welcome everyone: those who have not been in therapy before, and those who have prior experience of therapy. The only necessity for this work is to bring curiosity and a willingness to be open to the process. 

Psychotherapy is well suited to those who are looking for open ended long-term therapy, or those who are seeking to explore a specific issue and need a held space for deeper enquiry and integration. 

Engaging in therapy is a mutual decision between you and your therapist. 

If you’d like to work with us, we’ll arrange a free 30 minute consultation to talk through what’s bringing you to therapy now. 

During the conversation, we’ll work together to figure out whether we can offer the support you need, and if you would like to work with us. 

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