Gestalt

Gestalt psychotherapy could be characterised by these key points:

  • Live in the 'now'
  • Live in the 'here' the immediate situation
  • Lean towards accepting yourself as you are
  • See your environment and interact with it as it is , not as you wish it to be
  • Cultivate honesty with yourself
  • Express yourself in term of what you feel, want,think rather than manipulate self or others through rationalizations, expectations , judgements and distortions
  • Aspire to express in full the complete range of emotions , both pleasant and unpleasant
  • Be willing to experiment, to encounter new situations
  • Be open to change and growth
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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


Couples/Relationships

I work  combining Gestalt and elements of EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) as these two approaches really encourage the couples/relationships to move past stuck and sticky relational  fixed 'dances'.
 Couples' Therapy is having the opportunity to really slow down and unpick ways in wich people have been 'missing' one another.
To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.
Mark Nepo
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy/ Compassion Based Psychotherapy

I have been  incorporating third wave branch of  CBT  called   Acceptance and Commitment Psychotherapy  (ACT) as well as Compassion- Based psychotherapy into my practice.
​These approaches offer specific tools and encourage to practe looking at life issues from different perspective with more kindness ,emotional agility and compassion.
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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.

This short clips give a brief introduction:
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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