I have over 30 years counselling experience, specialising in anxiety, depression, stress, post-traumatic stress, self esteem issues, mid-life transitions, and personal and spiritual growth.
I am trained in several different ways of assisting people. My approaches fall into these four main categories:
Each approach is described in more detail on its own page. If you’re interested, you can read through each of them and think about what you’re looking for.
However, most people just come with an issue or problem. They know they need help but they don’t know what sort of help is best. That’s fine too – we can easily sort that out together.
Your Choices
Some people come to address a specific problem. Others feel the need for a radical reappraisal – they want to reflect on their whole life and address long-standing issues that are holding them back.
Different approaches suit different people and different situations. Whichever approach is appropriate, whatever stage of readiness you’re at, is fine. Sometimes we might draw from several approaches, but the primary focus, depth and scope of our conversations are determined by what you want and what you need.
A Journey
Regardless of approach and regardless of the issues you wish to address, it can be helpful to think of this work as a journey.
In Western Australia we have a walking track called the Bibbulman Track. It runs from the hills just out of Perth to the South Coast, around 500km away. Some people walk just a small section of the track. A day or two on the track every now and then is enough for them. Others are drawn back to it at length, again and again. They benefit so much from its effect that they end up walking several sections. Others completely immerse themselves in the track and walk its entire length, though usually they warm up to it over a long period of time. For each person the track offers a different journeying opportunity.
Your journey is your own, uniquely yours. You chart your own course, you choose your own pace, you set your own agenda. So to make the journey more fruitful, especially in our work together, it’s good to ask yourself these questions:
- What works for me?
- What do I want and need for myself?
- What is going to be most life-giving for me?
