HOW I WORK AS A PSYCHOTHERAPIST
"Your vision will only become clear when you can look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams: who looks inside, awakens" Carl Jung
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy and EMDR can be compared to starting a journey whereby patient and therapist start together, initially exploring patterns, themes and the initial problem. What is it that keeps the problem going? Where did it come from? Why will it not go away?
That single first step can be incredibly difficult to take and at the beginning of the journey it can feel like you are carrying a rucksack full of heavy stones. As the single most important variable in psychotherapy and counselling is the quality of the relationship between therapist and patient, we start the journey together.
We work out where we are going, where we are hoping to get to and what we might need for the journey. There may be times during the journey that feel difficult and perhaps we visit places that have been ignored or neglected for a long time.
During difficult times, the support of your therapist is very important. As we continue you will find yourself becoming increasingly independent having learned how to navigate difficult terrain. Eventually you will be on your own, having in effect become your own therapist. From here you can choose to end the journey or to continue on your own travels.
"As a first experience of EMDR I was amazed by the instant and powerful results. My feelings before and after EMDR could not have been more different. Simon was able to take me from a highly stressful and anxious state to one of calm and clarity. The experience itself was surprising in its simplicity, deeply cleansing and very insightful and with Simon's expert guidance through the whole process, EMDR gave me a confidence and an 'at peace with myself' feeling during a time when I was under immense personal pressure." - Amy
