Karuna Psychotherapy & Counselling

read moreI studied at Leeds University part-time as an undergraduate in psychology and gained a 2:1 honours classification at the end of the six year programme. Throughout this time I learnt a great deal about the interactions between mind and behaviours. Following this, I took a one year post graduate training course in a psychotherapeutic approach called Transactional Analysis (TA) at the Northern Guild in Newcastle, which I successfully completed the following year. Following this I attained a merit in the Masters of Arts Client-Centred Psychotherapy training course based at Leeds Metropolitan University.

read moreMany clients have observed people being hypnotised on television shows, or watched live events. From these experiences clients imagine that with the click of a finger the hypnotist can get people to do crazy and sometimes degrading things which they wouldn't normally do. Hence, when people are thinking about coming to see a hypnotherapist, one of their main worries is that the therapist will control them in some way. However, in hypnotherapy clients choose whether or not to be hypnotised and they determine, with the help of the therapist, the therapy to be performed whilst they are in a hypnotic trance.

read moreProctor (1992) describes supervision as comprising of three broad elements; support, learning, and accountability. I use this model to structure my thinking about supervision and describe below how I might offer these elements to supervisees in their sessions. The emphasis supervisees place in these areas will be highly individual and often reflects their stage of development and expertise. Hence, I believe, that like therapy, supervision needs to be tailored to meet individual needs. In my opinion the most important aspect of supervision is for supervisees to feel sufficiently at ease to bring problems.

read moreThe aim of this contract is to put in writing the terms and conditions of your psychotherapy and to provide you with information regarding how I practice. My practice is informed from humanistic philosophy and comes from training and experience in using a number of therapy approaches, for example cognitive behaviour therapy, client-centered therapy, hypnotherapy, transactional analysis, psychodynamic therapy and brief solution focussed therapy, depending upon your needs. I believe that by working collaboratively we will work out which approach is most appropriate for you.