These contentions are important

since there is much pseudo therapy on the market from well meaning and even well qualified individuals.

What is psychotherapy?

There are many versions of what psychotherapy might be. It is useful to ask any practitioner what he or she means by the term and also what results he or she would expect to achieve in a case such as yours. Good answers will be specific, not vague - though obviously judgements and predictions about your particular case would not be instant.

Much of the definition of effective psychotherapy we work with is implicit in the above list. Additionally, we suggest that psychotherapy has to be geared to the individual, not a model-bound or ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. We base our work on the Human Givens approach to therapy, an approach that avoids ideology and brings together the best practice currently available in brief therapy with research findings from modern brain science and some of the essence of the ‘psychologies’ of traditional cultures. You are welcome to contact us to ask any questions about our approach without obligation.

The difference between psychotherapy and counselling

Whilst counsellors and psychotherapists may be represented by different professional bodies (and whilst the term ‘psychotherapy’ sounds like ‘more serious stuff’ as already suggested), there is actually no real distinction between effective psychotherapy and effective counselling.

For what concerns is this form of psychotherapy appropriate?

Psychotherapeutic procedures we use at the centre have a wide range of applications.. Amongst concerns with which we regularly work are:-

• depression • anxiety • stress reactions • panic attacks • obsessions and compulsions (OCD) • phobias • PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) • troublesome memories • addictions • confidence concerns • psychosomatic disorders • anger management • performance concerns • life changes

Please visit the appropriate sections of the site to find out more about each of these.