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Psychotherapy and Counselling in Malvern

Who comes for psychotherapy / counselling?

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This can be useful for adults, couples, families, groups, individuals and young people in Malvern and Worcestershire.

Referral can be self referral, or via your GP, or sometimes from work in relation to business support and management support.

Presenting issues

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What is counselling / psychotherapy ?

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Counselling/Psychotherapy takes place when a counsellor/psychotherapist sees a client in a private and confidential setting to explore a difficulty the client is having, distress they may be experiencing or perhaps their dissatisfaction with life, or loss of a sense of direction and purpose. It is always at the request of the client as no one can properly be 'sent' for counselling/psychotherapy.

By listening attentively and patiently the counsellor/psychotherapist can begin to perceive the difficulties from the client's point of view and can help them to see things more clearly, possibly from a different perspective. Counselling/Psychotherapy is a way of enabling choice or change or of reducing confusion. It does not involve giving advice or directing a client to take a particular course of action. Counsellors/Psychotherapists do not judge or exploit their clients in any way.

In the counselling/psychotherapy sessions the client can explore various aspects of their life and feelings, talking about them freely and openly in a way that is rarely possible with friends or family. Bottled up feelings such as anger, anxiety, grief and embarrassment can become very intense and counselling/psychotherapy offers an opportunity to explore them, with the possibility of making them easier to understand. The counsellor/psychotherapist will encourage the expression of feelings and as a result of their training will be able to accept and reflect the client's problems without becoming burdened by them.

Acceptance and respect for the client are essentials for a counsellor/psychotherapist and, as the relationship develops, so too does trust between the counsellor/psychotherapist and client, enabling the client to look at many aspects of their life, their relationships and themselves which they may not have considered or been able to face before.

The counsellor/psychotherapist may help the client to examine in detail the behaviour or situations which are proving troublesome and to find an area where it would be possible to initiate some change as a start. The counsellor/psychotherapist may help the client to look at the options open to them and help them to decide the best for them.

Ways of working

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Counsellors and Psychotherapists may work with clients face to face, one on one, in group or in some circumstances by telephone. There are many different mediums in which to work and express oneself and within the therapy room the following options may be explored.

  1. Retelling one's story
  2. Exploring issues
  3. Art therapy
  4. Psychodrama
  5. Poetry
  6. Creative writing
  7. Bodywork
  8. Creative visualization
  9. Guided visualization
  10. Voice work
  11. Breath and sound work
  12. Body mapping
  13. Family sculpting
  14. Sand tray work
  15. Journal and diary work

Code of ethics and practice for Psychotherapy and Counselling at the Beacon Clinic Malvern

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Therapists are professionally accredited, academically qualified and abide by the codes and ethics of their professional bodies, including confidentiality. They have regular supervision and have been fully checked by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB).

Practitioners

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Practitioners

Phillip A. J. Hodgson, MA, UKCP, MBACP Transpersonal Psychotherapy

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Practitioners

Sue Akehurst, Dip Counselling, MBACP, Person Centred Counselling & Supervision, ZB Cert.

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Fees

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Above are links to the fees of practitioners of psychotherapy and councelling at the Beacon Clinic Malvern.

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Phillip A. J. Hodgson, MA, UKCP, MBACP Transpersonal Psychotherapy

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Sue Akehurst, Dip Counselling, MBACP, Person Centred Counselling & Supervision, ZB Cert.

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