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Everything You Need To Know Before Your First Session
What is Psychodynamic Counselling?
Psychodynamic counselling is a form of talk therapy that explores how unconscious thoughts, past experiences, and early relationships shape your current feelings, behaviours, and relationships.
Psychodynamic counselling is an in-depth, exploratory therapy. It focuses on understanding the unconscious mind and explores how early experiences influence present-day emotions and behaviours. Unlike structured therapies such as CBT, which focus on changing current thought patterns, psychodynamic counselling asks why problems exist, aiming for long-term insight and personal growth. Counselling focuses on emotional support, personal growth, and understanding how past experiences affect life’s challenges and how we cope with them.
What a counselling session might involve:
Listening and sharing: You talk about what’s on your mind, what you’re struggling with or need to work through and your emotions. Exploring feelings and experiences: Your counsellor helps you reflect on patterns and past experiences.
Building coping strategies: Together, you develop ways to handle stress, relationships, or life transitions, helping you identify your own way forward.
Support and validation: Counselling emphasizes empathy, understanding, and emotional support.
But it will challenge you to look deeply and that isn’t always easy.
What it feels like:
Supportive, reflective, and personal. Many people feel heard, understood, and less alone.
Counselling is a collaborative process. You will bring your experiences; and I as your counsellor will bring empathy, insight and support. Together, we can work towards growth, understanding, and positive change.
Session Length
50 Minutes
Available
Face to face, Zoom and telephone
Cost
£70 per session
Frequency
Weekly