Core modality & other approaches
Core Modality
I provide counselling and psychotherapy sessions informed, in the main, by the modality of Transactional Analysis (TA) and I work with individuals, couples and groups.
TA provides us with a useful way of understanding our communications, attachment styles, relationships with ourselves and with others, and for gaining awareness and autonomy around our internal conflicts and patterns.
The core philosophies of TA are that people are OK, everyone has the capacity to think, people decide their own destiny and these decisions can be changed (Eric Berne, 1966).
In essence this means that relationships in the therapeutic space are founded upon the philosophical assumption that people have value, worth and dignity, self-acceptance for who they are and acceptance for others in the here and now, that they can decide for themselves what they want from their lives, and that changes to those decisions are an appropriate element of growth and development.
Other Approaches
Other approaches, modalities and practices that inform my therapy sessions are:
Polyvagal Theory (vagus nerve)
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping
Spirituality
Neurodivergent-informed practices
Family Constellation therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Cruse Loss & Bereavement Awareness
Meditation
Developmental Psychology
Attachment Theory
Ecotherapy
Adlerian Counselling
Heart Field Coherence
Mindfulness
Personal Values
Health Psychology
Circadian rhythm (sleep)/Hormone/Gut health
Neurodiversity Affirming practice
I consider all my therapy session options to be Neurodiversity Affirming since Transactional Analysis and the other approaches I bring to your sessions prioritise lived experience, seek to foster a therapeutic relationship based on acceptance and understanding, and recognise you as the expert of yourself. I respect self-diagnosis, supporting you to define your own experiences, and I believe in a strengths based approach to developmental differences so aim to provide support and adaptations that affirm your neurodivergent identity.
