COUNSELLING MAY CONJURE UP ALL SORTS OF IMAGES – ANYWHERE FROM THE BENIGN, NON-INTERACTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPIST THAT NODS PASSIVELY PRESSING THEIR FOREFINGERS AND THUMBS TOGETHER WITH PRACTICED PATIENCE TO THE HARD-HITTING LIFE-COACH THAT TAKES NO PRISONERS AND PROVIDES DIRECTIVE AND EVEN DIDACTIC THERAPY AT A BREAK-NECK PACE.

OUR APPROACH & METHODOLOGY

AT TALKING-MATTERS THE APPROACH USED IS NON-DIRECTIVE. WE DO NOT TELL OUR CLIENTS WHAT TO DO. NOR DO WE SIT THERE PASSIVELY, ACTING AS SILENT WITNESS OFFERING SUPPORT WITHOUT FEEDBACK. WE ARE SOLUTION-FOCUSSED AND WORK TO FORM STRATEGIES FOR RESOLUTION ON A COLLECTIVE BASIS.

IN THERAPEUTIC TERMS, THE METHODOLOGY IS HUMANISTIC AND “PERSON-CENTRED”. IN THIS WAY, THE THERAPIST DOES NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE CLIENT’S RIGHT TO AUTONOMY AND SELF-DETERMINATION. WHILE THIS APPROACH MAY SEEM GENTLE IT IS CHALLENGING AS IT PROMOTES RIGOUROUS SELF–-EXAMINATION BY THE CLIENT TO FIND RESOLUTION.

IN PHILOSOPHICAL TERMS, THIS APPROACH SITS IN A MORE EXISTENTIAL REALM, WHERE WE ENCOURAGE THE CLIENT TO FIND MEANING IN LIFE WHERE CHALLENGES, UNREALISED EXPECTATIONS AND DISAPPOINTMENT ARE PART OF BEING HUMAN.

TALKING-MATTERS REFLECTS OUR MODERN LIVES TO HELP MANAGE OUR INHERENTLY COMPLEX ISSUES. APPROACHING YOUR LIFE MATTERS IN A BALANCED, OPTIMISTIC WAY, THIS SERVICE IS MORE SOPHISTICATED IN ITS APPROACH DESIGNED TO UNMASK PROBLEMS IN AN EMPATHETIC WAY AND TO EFFECT LIFE CHANGE.