Trauma and Addiction
Counselling Services
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COUNSELLING:
Generational Trauma and Pathways to Addiction are a rapidly developing area with the focus on “what happened to you” and “who are you you know”. Only through understanding these processes, is it possible to have a healthier relationship with the past.
I explore early life trauma and conflict due to your relationship with others or societal constraints possibly forcing you into a role that does not fit with your growing understanding of “self” in relation to gender or sexual orientation.
APPROACHES:
With a psychodynamic underpinning, my main theoretical approach is very much from the perspective of trauma and addiction and the impact on the relationship. The tools I use are primarily Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and couples counselling delivered either face-to-face or online, focusing on delivering positive solutions that enable you to move forward.
ABOUT ME:
Previously, an accredited Sport Psychologist working with a number of Olympic athletes, I retrained as a relationship counsellor at the prestigious Tavistock Insitute leading onto a post-graduate qualification as a psychodynamic therapist. I have supported this with intense courses in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), a Diploma in Supervision and the ASIST Suicide Training course.
Through my work as a clinical manager for a national Addiction charity, I have focused very much on impact of trauma (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and maladaptive coping mechanisms leading to addiction. I have become even more aware of the impact on the “affected other” incorporating my early training on “couples” - however that may be defined. . I therefore limit my client base to ensure I can provide support that is unique to each person / relationship.
CLINICAL SESSIONS:
ONLINE INDIVIDUAL / COUPLES
Call / email / text to arrange
50 min Sessions: by appointment
HOW TO BOOK:
PHONE
07973 751462
paul@thinkstrong.solutions
“Paul is has been extremely helpful. A keen listener and a good sounding-board with an excellent grasp of the issues that I concern me, I recommend him highly”
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Paul has helped me so much! Every time I finish a session I feel so much more confident. I am still a work in progress but I am learning to take it one day at a time!”
Approaches
Trauma can result in depression and anxiety as well as a loss of confidence and low self-esteem. We can begin to question who you are as a person and indeed what is the purpose of life. We may even think about ending our lives. The physical side of us can be put back together but the mental aspects of “feeling broken” are often ignored. Recovery has many facets from personal loss of control to management of medication and that general feeling of helplessness. These can be all actively managed and with a refocusing on your direction in life.
Addiction can be defined as "not having control over doing, taking or using something to the point where it could be harmful to you". Most commonly associated with gambling, drugs (including prescribed), alcohol and nicotine, but it's possible to be addicted to just about anything, including that which can be purchased, viewed or interacted with online. As our lives are more and more reliant on electronic portals we find ourselves “addicted” to the pleasures and escapes on offer until we believe we cannot live without them.
People can interpret events in many different ways leading to a variety of emotional and behavioural responses. CBT examines current unhelpful thought patterns, exploring how they can affect your emotions and actions in the here and now. This helps you to change how you think, focusing on ways to improve your psychological wellbeing. Negative thoughts and beliefs play a significant role in the development and maintenance of conditions such as depression, anxiety or low self-esteem.
Psychodynamic counselling provides a broad range of therapeutic approaches helping you to understand the cause of your problems and issues. With a strong emphasis on the trust between a client and counsellor, psychodynamic therapy provides the tools required to make progress with issues that may have roots deeply buried in the past. It also helps equip you with knowledge and suggestions to enable you to cope with further difficulties.
Types of Issues I Deal With
Things can seem better when shared…
Everybody brings their own unique narrative to counselling which has been formed from previous experiences. My role often is to help people understand this narrative and what affect is has on their current lives. This may have been formed through loss, trauma or a series of life events that it may seem there is little control.
Successful therapy is often the result of the trust between the client and their therapist based on emotional connection, insight, and appropriate boundaries. The therapeutic relationship should create and provide an environment whereby you can start to remove some layers that have either defined or protected you. This will hopefully allow you to explore the different ways you have existed in the world and related to people, thereby causing change in a positive way.
RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING
Relationships - managing the “third entity”
POSITIVE SOLUTIONS:
Sleep and Repetitive Dreams
Costs per session
INITIAL ASSESSMENT:
30min Initial Online / Phone/ E-mail Consultation: Free
ONLINE CLINICAL SESSIONS: (Zoom, Teams, WhatsApp, FaceTime)
Individual Online Session (50 Mins): £60
Couples Online Session (50 Mins): £70
Block of 6 sessions £300
Block of 9 sessions £450
Block of 12 session £650
Maintenance Sessions (1 per month - 50 mins) £50
Please ensure payment is made 24 hours prior to commencement of session
Ensure connection is secure before commencing session as payment will still be due
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
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