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Aligned For Life - individuals, couples, sex and relationships, children and teenagers
Counselling/Psychotherapy
Hypnotherapy
Neuro Linguistic Programming
It can take a lot of courage to recognise something about ourselves that we want to change - and even more courage to seek help in making that change.
Problems that we hold on to prevent true harmony in our lives, creating the illusion of 'the only way it can be'. It is, however, possible to develop new solutions to old problems - though this is not always a simple matter. Clients should first address what they want to get from the process.
Clients who sought psychotherapy and counselling at the Coleby Centre achieved help in:
WE SHALL OVERCOME
Counselling and psychotherapy is for anyone who has behavioural issues they would like to change. Others may feel as if an invisible wall is preventing them from moving forward in an area of their life. Some people consider themselves to be 'existing' rather than 'living', or feel unhappy most of the time.
Counselling and psychotherapy can provide real enlightenment to all these groups - enabling the client to live a full and happy life, with a little help!
Individuals, couples, families, children and teens can all benefit from these therapies.
Counselling and psychotherapy is the name of a process managed within a relationship of trust and safety. In a society where to talk about yourself is often scorned, in this safe environment the client is encouraged to talk about themselves, their life, who they are, what they do and how they feel. Sessions are completely focused on the individual.
There is no advice giving and certainly no magic wand or simple problem solving. The aim of psychotherapy and counselling is to assist the client in becoming the person they want to be or feel they really can be.
It is about overcoming obstacles and blocks, about living in the here and now, and about enjoying life to the best of your ability. Psychotherapy works on a much deeper level than just making changes to behaviour; it involves major input from the client to accomplish the desired results.
While this process can enable dramatic positive changes to the way a person feels, it isn’t about 'a cure' or identifying 'what’s wrong with you'. This therapy is about helping the client move from where they are to where they want to be.
UNDERLYING CAUSE AND EFFECT
The therapy process will help the client discover underlying causes of behaviour, patterns of thinking and self-perception. This takes effort on the part of both therapist and client. Whether suffering from anxiety, unhappiness, stress, emotional frustration or pain - the causes can be wide ranging.
Together client and therapist will develop a strong and trusting relationship, providing a safe environment in which to explore the situation.
Counselling and psychotherapy falls into many categories:
TIME FOR ANSWERS
Therapy takes however long is necessary. Some people like to work through their issues in a systematic and speedy fashion, others prefer to work at a slower pace.
Change occurs when the client is ready to handle it - so it's different for everyone. Some people complete a course of therapy in a few sessions, others continue for months and years.
Clients achieve 'whatever they want to' from counselling. People who have experienced a course of counselling and psychotherapy have said that it:
QUALIFIED INPUT
Traditionally a counsellor trains for three years and a psychotherapist for four to five years and often has a degree in psychology. Counselling tends to be focused on a current issue and psychotherapy tends to be a deeper, more far-reaching examination of who the client is and all areas of their life.
Currently, anyone can call themselves a counsellor as there are no government regulations regarding alternative therapies. However, there are four regulating and governing bodies in the field of counselling and psychotherapy. All Coleby Centre therapists belong to at least one of these organisations:
BACP - British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy
UKCP - United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy
BAP - British Association of Psychotherapists
BPS - British Psychological Society
This means all Coleby counsellors and psychotherapists are monitored on a regular basis, have completed comprehensive training and been awarded a qualification. They are also required to complete ongoing professional development and adhere to a strict code of ethics.
A counselling service is available on the NHS but waiting lists tend to be extremely long. Choosing a private therapist allows the client to make appointments to suit their own schedule, keeping the course of therapy under their own control.
The Coleby Centre is, however, an NHS provider organisation. Many of the psychotherapists are registered with BUPA and the centre supports HSA.
Hypnosis is a perfectly natural condition, often referred to as 'an altered state of waking awareness'. Being hypnotised isn't like an anaesthetic; the faculty of hearing and the ability to think is maintained. Many people, in fact, experience heightened awareness.
The mind is in no way dominated by the therapist, either in hypnosis or afterwards, and hypnosis cannot happen against will. Hypnosis will occur quite naturally and easily to anyone happy to co-operate.
ALTERNATIVE AWARENESS
Hypnosis, referred to as an altered state of waking awareness, naturally occurs somewhere between being fully awake and fully asleep.
Aware of what is happening, the person under hypnosis can hear and think. The therapist will not be able to dominate actions either during or after hypnosis.
The unwilling cannot be hypnotised; it is based on co-operation. A willing subject will find that hypnosis happens naturally and easily.
With guidance from the therapist, hypnosis enables the client to dig deeper into psychological problems ordinarily blocked by the conscious mind. It can help tackle bad habits, irrational anxieties and other behaviour that may be preventing a person from moving forward.
This resistance is much easier to break through during hypnosis, revealing the cause of the problem and enabling them to be addressed.
Hypnotherapy can treat a wide range of problems including:
DEEP EXPERIENCES
Each person's response to hypnosis is different with the depth experienced varying from a shallow to a very deep state. The therapist will encourage the client to go as deep as they can into hypnosis, but it can be effective at any level.
The client will find that they will go to the level that is most appropriate for them at that time. Even a light trance state will still achieve the desired changes.
The therapist tends to do most of the talking, with the client's responses being as much as they feel able to say, at their own pace and in their own time - both in and out of hypnosis.
BENEFITS OF YOUTH
Hypnosis is suitable for all and children are natural hypnotic subjects. Their imaginations are so fertile that it is relatively easy to bring about change.
Children usually take such change in their stride and it is more likely to be the parent who is aware of the development - no more bitten nails, an end to thumb sucking, a forgotten security blanket, dry sheets every morning, no middle-of-the-night wanderings.
The approach is very informal and child sessions tend to be shorter but more frequent, than those with adults. 'Homework' exercises between sessions are often used to reinforce new behaviours.
Contact the Coleby Centre for further details or to arrange a consultation.
NLP is an effective and pro-active style of therapy. The powerful set of techniques are very focused and only a few sessions are required to achieve lasting change.
Combined with hypnosis, NLP is especially effective in overcoming phobias, quickly, easily and once and for all.
QUICK CHANGE PROGRAMME
NLP is a simple yet powerful approach to personal and professional development. Made up from a set of techniques that can assist in making quick and lasting behavioural changes, it has a big impact on self-confidence and a person's ability to achieve.
NLP is pro-active and focused on outcomes, empowering the client to change perceptions of the past and build useful resources for the future.
The Coleby Centre offers sessions using NLP techniques for those wanting to make quick changes to their behaviour - highly focused therapy would tend to last only a few sessions. Some people have a single session; others have a series of up to six sessions - each lasting about an hour.
Those more resistant to speedy change may find counselling or psychotherapy a more suitable choice.
NLP, sometimes combined with Hypnotherapy, is especially effective in overcoming phobias quickly and easily. It changes the client's perception of how things are and replaces negative thoughts with positive ones.
Contact the Coleby Centre for further details or to arrange a consultation.
