East London Counselling that helps quickly – commonsense and proven
My Expectation for You - That you have greater control of your emotions - Experiencing the change and empowerment you crave
Vision for Feelbetter Counselling East London To assist those who seek help to live their lives where freedom and control are expanding and where understandings of life and what works practically facilitates and supports this.
The aim of Feelbetter Counselling is to empower, as it is a lack of control somewhere down the line that lies at the heart of most distress, be it a depression, anxieties of all kinds, trauma, angers, addictions or obsessions, a lack of self confidence, dissatisfaction and relationship problems.
It is not primarily about counselling techniques - but something rather more profound.
Feelbetter Counselling East London is rooted in common sense, is optimistic and sensitive to the values and wishes of each client. It is to do the very best for each client - to be honest and transparent and to give good value.
One to One help for East London, Essex and Woodford. Skype and Email though works just as well.
To provide counselling/psychotherapy which is the antidote to what so often is unsatisfactory about the NHS and conventional medicine or indeed many private counsellors.
Not one of the hundreds of therapy models and counselling techniques out there has ever been demonstrated to be superior to another. That’s right – NOT ONE
BUT...some therapists are much more successful than others.
The Heroic Client by Barry L. Duncan and Scott D. Miller is one of the most influential therapy books I have read and these are their conclusions. Based on a massive amount of research on what actually works in counselling and psychotherapy, their conclusions are unequivocal. And because these are counter intuitive and barely understood, they are rarely acknowledged.
Think about it. If you want to recover as quickly as possible from mental and emotional problems don’t get hung up on techniques. Instead consider whether the counsellor or psychiatrist or psychoanalyst or psychologist is any good or not.
Ask these questions of your therapist
Can he/she develop a good therapeutic relationship with me?
Does he/she build positive expectancy - which conveys optimism in his/her approach and that I am expected to get better?
Can he/she retain some flexibility and openness, to work with my beliefs and my theory of what I think will work for me?
Does he/she focus on change and have a future (not a past) orientation?
Does he/she ask for regular feedback and have the capacity and confidence to do something different if what has been attempted is not working?
These are the right questions to ask - having practised now for over six years in South Woodford, East London. View the evidence
I work mainly face to face but am not limited to those who live in or within a reasonable distance of east London.I use Skype and email also and find that this can work just as well.
Counselling in East London for:South Woodford, London E18, Wanstead, Snaresbrook, Leytonstone, London E11, Leyton, London E10, Walthamstow, London E17, Chingford, London E4, Bethnal Green, London E2, Stratford, London E15, Hackney, London E8, Bow, London E3, Clapton, London E5, Forest Gate, London E7, Mile End, London E1 and the City, London EC2
North London: Edmonton, London N9, Crouch End, London N8, Tottenham, London N15, Islington, London N1
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Ivan Tryrell and Joe Griffin – the founders of the Human Givens Milton Erickson– demonstrates by his work that the ability to facilitate change for a client is boundless Indries and Tahir Shah – inspiring us to be indirect, metaphorical and whimsical
Arthur Deikman, The Observing Self – a classic exposition that we are not our thoughts Jay Halley, Uncommon Therapy of Milton Erickson - inspirational Robin Battino, Expectations, The Very Brief Therapy Book – guidance to what is possible Bill O’Hanlon – shows that if you ask the right questions then you will get better more empowering answers Scott Miller and Barry Duncan, The Heroic Client – giving permission to finding out what works for each client and trusting what they say
Richard Bentall, Madness Explained and Robert Whitaker, Mad in America – opening eyes to the scandal and abuse of psychiatry
Daniel Goleman – explaining exactly what is emotional and social intelligence Jonathon Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis - good sense and accessible on modern psychology Richard Wiseman – pop psychology that is much more
Lama Surya Daz and Alan Wallace – clear Buddhist writers Eckhart Tolle, The power of Now – opening us all to being present and mindful David Richo,The Five things we cannot change – simple but profound