Self-therapy
Self-therapy is an approach to counselling which enables you to become responsible for your own mental health over your lifetime. Whilst occasionally it is important to seek the support of a qualified counsellor, generally speaking you may be able to make good progress on your own. Armed with some basic knowledge about counselling approaches you can either work alone, or with a trusted friend or family member, to manage difficult emotions and develop long term mental health strategies to get you functioning at your optimum again.
This approach can be taught in just a few sessions with the support of an online tool. If you're particularly self motivated, it can even be done without face-to-face support at all, but an introductory session is recommended. However, you may find that a standard 6 session block, to get to the root of your issue, combined with support to understand how to manage it over the longer term may be most beneficial.
Research
We are currently conducting further research into therapeutic methodologies combined with learning theory. 'Therapeutic learning' is a counselling approach based on recent research which integrates Person-centred therapy and other therapeutic approaches with the principles of long term learning. If you are interested in participating, please make contact.