Long-term Psychotherapy
I have immediate availabilty online for individual, long-term psychotherapy. From time to time, I do have spaces for in-person sessions in Wigan, WN3.
You will benefit from long-term psychotherapy with me, if you are:
- looking to develop a deeper understanding of yourself;
- wish to enhance your relationships with others;
- want to improve your confidence, self-esteem and assertiveness;
- open to reflecting on how past experiences might be influencing your present feelings and behaviour;
- able to commit to weekly or fortnightly appointments;
- willing and able to work online or for in-person sessions able to travel to Wigan.
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
This approach has its origins in psychoanalysis and is concerned with helping you to gain a better awareness of yourself, your inner world, internal conflicts and unconscious processes. Psychodynamic therapy draws on theories of child development and attachment to offer insights into our ways of relating to ourselves, others and the world.
If you notice the same self-sabotating patterns repeating in your work and personal relationships, find yourself asking how did I end up here again? and are curious about how to change that, then you've come to the right place.
Long-term psychotherapy, with me, offers a space to look in depth at how you became the way you are. We will think together about how your early experiences and environment shaped your beliefs about yourself and the world. We will look at how past experiences continue to influence your decisions and relationships in the present and explore what you might do instead.
In longterm psychotherapy, we will also pay close attention to our therapeutic relationship. Reflecting together on what happens between us, can serve as a way of illuminating some of our unconscious, repeating, relational patterns allowing us to pause and consider alternatives This psychodynamic approach can help with a wide range of difficulties including depression, anxiety, social anxiety, issues of identity and low self-esteem, co-dependency and past trauma.
Long-term psychotherapy means a minimum of 40 sessions, which is usually a year's worth of therapy. Generally sessions take place weekly, with gaps for holidays and I do have some availability for fortnightly appointments.
If you're interested in working long-term therapy with me, please get in touch to enquire about my current availability and discuss fees.
Working with me
Therapy is a co-creative process and if you decide to work with me it will be in an empathic, mutually respectful and supportive relationship where you will feel heard and understood. All of my work, as a therapist, is underpinned by my training in transactional analysis psychotherapy and the following core beliefs:
- You are OK.
- You have the capacity to think and to problem solve.
- We decide and shape our own destiny and these decisions can be changed.
Next Steps
I offer a free, initial consultation session online, where I will invite you to tell me about yourself, your current situation and reasons for beginning therapy. I'll ask some questions about your background and what you hope to get from therapy and answer any questions you have about therapy. We'll think about how we might work together and whether a psychodynamic approach is right for you.
After the consultation, if we decide to go ahead, my current fee for individual psychotherapy is £60 per 50 minute session.
Contact me to book a consultation or request further information.