How I work as counsellor, psychotherapist and coach
COUNSELLINGAs a counsellor I provide a space to listen to your problems and try to see it from your point of view. Then we will work together to explore whether, what and how to make changes. This approach can be short term or long term and will be used e.g. when you have a dilemma at work or find it difficult to deal with a specific situation in your private life. Counselling would also be used if you had a bereavement and you wanted to talk through your feelings and thoughts with a person outside the family setting who gives you time and space to consider how the loss is affecting you.
COACHING
Coaching is more directive than counselling and would involve techniques to relax you and help you to cope with stress and strong feelings like anger and anxiety. In addition you would learn about your condition and the physiological and neuroscientific explanations, which often helps to normalise what is going on. Coaching would be used when dealing with anger management, panic attacks or weight reduction and weight maintenance issues.
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Psychotherapy usually takes longer than counselling and goes deeper into your past and your underlying issues, e.g. low self esteem or deep rooted anxiety or depression. Again you will be listened to and I will engage with you and your values helping you to find the relevant solutions to move forward in life and lead a more fulfilled and happy life. One client said after 18 sessions: " I wish I had met you 20years earlier. My life could have been very different had I been aware of all the choices I had."
COUPLES THERAPY
In couples therapy I will encourage both partners to explore the relationship as it is experienced by each individual and how each partner wants it to develop. This is usually achieved by facilitating respectful and honest communication before deeper issues can be explored.
TRAUMA AND PHOBIA CURE
Recently I have attended specialist training to cure traumas (of the past - not ongoing traumas!),panic attacks, PTSD and phobias quickly (within 2-3 sessions) and successfully (3 out of 4 clients are symptom free after the treatment). The first session would serve to assess whether this particular approach is suitable for you and the experience you want to put behind you and make you familiar with the technique that will be used. In the second session the treatment would take place (a combination of guided visualisation and relaxation)and in the third session we would look at how the treatment has worked for you. If you want to know more about this treatment feel free to send me an email or check it out on the website of "Human Givens" and the Mindfield College.
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EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE
This is another very useful and easy to learn technique to treat all kinds of issues, in particular phobias (flight, animals, height etc.), panic attacks, OCD and low self esteem. Sometimes symptoms can be cured in one session and other times it can take a few weeks. It is a technique you will learn with me and then use whenever and wherever you need it. It is fast, easy, unintrusive and will bring relief from your symptoms!
Overall my idea about therapy is:
I want to help you to help yourself, empower you to engage with your real self and encourage you to keep up the motivation.
My hope is to achieve this through listening and talking, creative interventions and education in psychological concepts. I have learned that there is no "one fits all" approach and I try to tailor the therapy to the individual client's needs.
Carmen von Hanisch * phone: 07900 194549 * email: counselling@vonhanisch.plus.com
