The types of therapy offered at GC Counselling

GC Counselling draws on different approaches, which enables use the most relevant and valuable aspects of each. Ultimately, we are all individual and unique and no single approach fits all.

These are a few of the types of therapies offered at GC Counselling:

• Person-Centred therapy

Person-centred therapy was conceived by Carl Rogers in the 1940s and 50s. The main focus of this approach is the therapeutic relationship. The work concentrates on developing a stronger sense of self to enable people to reach their full potential. The therapist aims to provide a comfortable and relaxed environment by building a relationship based on empathy, genuineness and unconditional positive regard. The non-directive nature of person-centred therapy empowers the client to find their own solutions to problems.

• Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis is a form of therapy developed by Sigmund Freud in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Freud argued that our personality is largely based on unconscious ‘drives’ that are caused by our childhood events. He also thought that things like neurosis, anxiety, depression etc. are due to conflicts between what we are conscious of and our unconscious, or ‘repressed’, experiences. The psychoanalytic therapist aims to bring the unconscious conflicts into awareness by exploring the client’s thoughts, dreams and through ‘free association’.

• Existentialism
  

Existential therapy has a philosophical base and focuses on what Irvin Yalom calls, the five ‘givens of existence’: freedom, responsibility, isolation, meaninglessness and death. Existential therapists help clients explore how they experience the world and relate to others, as well as figuring out ‘how’ we exist rather than ‘why’ we are the way we are.

To find out more about any of these approaches, or how they might work for you, feel free to send an email or give us a call on 07837 205 318.