Gestalt
Gestalt psychotherapy could be characterised by these key points:
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To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.
Mark Nepo |
As a therapeutic approach it places emphasis on gaining awareness of the present moment and the present context. Through therapy, people learn to discover feelings that may have been suppressed or masked by other feelings and to accept and trust their emotions. Acceptance and Commitment Psychotherapy/ Compassion Based Psychotherapy For the last 6 years I have been working incorporating third wave CBT skills and techiques, the Acceptance and Commitment Psychotherapy skills (ACT) as well as Compassion- Based psychotherapy. These approaches offer specific tools and practicing looking at life issues from different perspective with more kindness and emotional agility. EMDR It is an acronym for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, an innovative clinical treatment originated and developed by Dr Francine Shapiro in 1987. EMDR is effective in treating individuals who have experienced psychological difficulties arising from traumatic experiences, EMDR is also increasingly used to treat symptoms which are not necessarily trauma-related, such as panic disorder, phobias, performance anxiety, self-esteem issues and other anxiety-related disorders. |
May all that is unforgiven in you be released
May your fears yield their deepest tranquilities
May all that is unlived in you blossom into a future
Graced with love
John O’Donohue
May your fears yield their deepest tranquilities
May all that is unlived in you blossom into a future
Graced with love
John O’Donohue