Welcome, my name is Graeme and it's great that you are here...Sometimes it's really difficult to understand why or how we might need help and it's really difficult explaining this to someone you've only just met. Let me take a minute to tell you a little bit about me.
Following a 20 year career in special education, I understand the challenges that people face dealing with the the ups and downs of life and have trained in a variety of ways that provide skills and opportunities to address issues and better understand how to work through these. My training began at the Jung Centre in Dublin, where I qualified with a Diploma in Jungian Theory and Practice and the Advanced Diploma in Jungian Studies. I also have a Diploma in Neuroscience-Linguistic Programming; Neuro-Hypnoanalysis and hold a Doctorate in Education.
I have delivered training across the UK, working with a range of private and public sector organisations. I am a member of IPSA, and an educational and training consultant both to IPSA and to IAPC UK. I hold MIAPC UK (Accred) Registration at the International Association of Psychology and Counselling (UK), and am a member of the IAPC UK Curatorium.
My Approach
I work psychodynamically, which means looking at how unconscious elements of your lived experience can be causing you problems now. These may occur through behaviour, feelings and emotions or impulse. Sometimes we get ourselves trapped in patterns of thoughts or action that can cause us to worry. Often, we don’t know how to stop these as we are not really aware of them. By looking at these in therapy, we can work together to identify ways to move forward and be more conscious.
I use a range of processes, these mainly involve us talking and examining what the issues are that you’re experiencing and then agreeing what actions we can take to address your worries.
Sometimes we might explore acting situations out, using games or activities, sand trays or word association activities, NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming) and Hypnotherapy to help us find why these things are bothering you.
All of our time together will involve you and I working closely and only using approaches that you are comfortable with.
How does it work?
In our first meeting, we will talk about you and things that are important to you. We can explore things that are causing you worries or challenges and what you would like to achieve through our sessions together.
We will also look at whether we both feel what I offer will help and we will also agree a plan and the frequency and number of sessions together.
There is no charge for this first session.
Our sessions can be online or face-to-face.