What are the different counselling approaches you offer?
Person Centred Counselling Devised by Carl Rogers and also called ‘client-centred’ or ‘Rogerian’ counselling, this is based on the assumption that an individual (the client), seeking help in the resolution of a problem he or she is experiencing, can enter into a relationship with another individual (a counsellor) who is sufficiently accepting and permissive to allow the client to freely express emotions and feelings. This will enable the client to come to terms with negative feelings, which may have caused emotional problems, and develop inner resources. The objective is for the client to become able to perceive himself as a person, with the power and freedom to change, rather than as an object. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy/Counselling This approach stresses the importance of the unconscious and past experience in determining current behaviour. The client is encouraged to talk about childhood relationships with parents and other significant people and the therapist focuses on the client
