I offer you a welcoming, safe and confidential space where you, or your child, can feel comfortable enough to trust me and, eventually, to speak about the difficulties you may be experiencing. 

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Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy deals with the mind’s unconscious processes. 

 

Some people think of the human mind as like an iceberg: the part of the iceberg visible above the water is the “conscious” part of the mind, the mind we use to think and make decisions.  The rest of the iceberg could be likened to the “unconscious” mind, the part where many memories and experiences are stored and “forgotten”. 

 

Many people come to therapy because they become aware of unwanted or harmful reactions to situations or people.  For example, “when this person says this, I become extremely angry”, or “when I’m called into the boss’s office, I feel like a child again”. 

 

In order to try to understand where these thoughts or feelings come from, a psychodynamic counsellor or therapist will be listening carefully to your spoken and unspoken words, reflecting on what they hear and encouraging you to do the same.  In short, we try to make links or connections between the present and the past, making the unconscious conscious.