Psychotherapy & Supervision

These pages make reference to my own approach to therapy and some of the practicailities of how I offer it.

There are other therapists who will work differently - most of whom can be found in actual, or online, directories.
Please make sure that your therapist is a member of a genuine professional association and that they are qualified in their field.
If they are, they will be more than happy to tell you about this.

For those interested in my theoretical orientation, Wikipedia describes Gestalt Psychotherapy this way:

"Gestalt Therapy is a major overhaul of psychoanalysis. In its early development it was called "concentration therapy" by its founders, Frederick and Laura Perls. However, its mix of theoretical influences became most organized around the work of the gestalt psychologists; thus, by the time Gestalt Therapy, Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality (Perls, Hefferline, and Goodman) was written, the approach became known as 'Gestalt Therapy'.

Gestalt Therapy stands on top of essentially four load bearing theoretical walls: phenomenological method, dialogical relationship, field-theoretical strategies, and experimental freedom. Some have considered it an existential phenomenology while others have described it as a phenomenological behaviorism. Gestalt therapy is a humanistic, holistic, and experiential approach that does not rely on talking alone, but facilitates awareness in the various contexts of life by moving from talking about situations relatively remote to action and direct, current experience."

(The ethical guidelines given here are those of my own associations.)