Core Process Psychotherapy

1 Hanover Square, Silver St, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8BT.

Tel: 01458 833382 Email

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Why therapy?

• You may be at a cross-roads in your life.
• You may feel its time to deal with things from the past.
• You may have suffered a loss, whether that is the ending of something or a bereavement.
• You may feel that all your attention is going out to the demands of the world and other people, and you need space and time to slow down & focus inwards and give yourself some good attention.
• You may have a specific issue which is demanding attention.
• There are hundreds of reasons why people come to therapy. You don't have to be ill with depression or panic attacks...but you might be. There may be some trigger point which makes you pick up the phone or you may just have vague instinct that something needs attention that isn't getting addressed in the course of your every-day life.

What can I expect?

The first meeting is free and lasts for half an hour. It gives you the chance to meet the therapist, describe what you would like to get out of coming to therapy at this time, and to ask any questions you have about their training, experience and qualifications or about the process of therapy. As confidentiality is very important the therapist may also check boundaries in this session to see if there is any reason why you can't work together.

After this initial meeting we suggest you take some time to think it over. If you feel you would like to start, there would be an initial short term contract to 'test the water'. A review point is set on the first session, usually 6 weeks later. Sessions last one hour and are weekly. We prefer to have the same time & day every week, though we understand that sometimes this is not possible.

About Core Process Psychotherapy

This experiential approach encompasses our feelings, emotions, sensations, mental processes and their expression in the body. Each person has their own 'way in' and their own way of mapping and describing their experience.. We bring awareness to how it is to be here in the present moment as a starting point.

One of the fundamental principles of Core Process psychotherapy is that awareness is in itself healing. Simply bringing awareness to and naming how things are without judgement often allows something to transform.

We work from the understanding that within the conscious mind there is a deeper wisdom that moves naturally towards healing.

Integration and healng come from insight into the ways in which we hold on to our suffering and from a deeper connection with the openess, compassion and wisdom a the heart of our human condition.

Supervision

We also offer supervision for psychotherapists, counsellors and complementary medicine practitioners based on a contemplative model.