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In fact, however, psychotherapy and counselling cover a spectrum of activity with no hard line between the two.

Counselling

This can often be short term (weeks or months) with a specific goal. It can also be longer term and more open-ended; the longer you continue the more you will meet with patterns from the past and how they influence you now.

Psychotherapy

Looks in depth at those underlying patterns and how they are present in your current relationships. A long term commitment over a number of years is usually needed for the working through of this process.

Requirements for Practitioners Working at Openings

All practitioners who work at Openings are required to have a code of ethics and professional conduct which includes professional supervision and a commitment to their own individual development.

Therapeutic Approaches – What do they mean?

Biodynamic Psychotherapy – is a unique branch of body psychotherapy developed by Gerda Boyesen. Based on a biological theory of psychology, it is directly concerned with the organic link between the body and the psyche, and their integrated functioning. Orthodox verbal psychotherapy is combined with a range of specially devised massage techniques, breathwork, body awareness exercises, regression, and emotional expression work to help resolve the client’s physical as well as psycho-emotional problems.

Core Process Psychotherapy – is a Buddhist influenced practice, grounded in a spiritual approach to life. Much of the work is an enquiry into our sense of self in the present moment, what past experience or future anxiety is getting in the way of being who we are. Our fundamental premise is that awareness is inherently healing.

Expressive Arts Psychotherapy – is an intergrative form of therapy which combines verbal communication with non-verbal imagery, expressed through the use of paint, clay, sandplay, puppets and music. The focus is on the use of the imagination to access unconcious thought and feelings or areas which may be too painful for words or preverbal. This helps also, to include the different expressive styles and wide range of issues that clients bring. No artistic skill or experience is needed and the use of all artistic media is optional.

Family Therapy – working with couples or families who are experiencing difficulties, feel stuck and need help to change.

Gestalt – is a humanistic holistic therapy that recognises the unique reality that each person experiences. It seeks to develop awareness of how we relate to others and our environment. It provides an opportunity to increase our range of responses and choices, supporting us to experiment with doing things differently and finding new and more satisfying contact.

Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy – brings together various forms of therapy, centred on the whole person, their body, feelings, mind and spirit and the belief that we all have the ability to heal ourselves. The relationship between therapist and client is used as a powerful vehicle for experience, change and growth.

Psychosynthesis – a psychospiritual approach emphasising choice and self-fulfilment .

Cognitive & Behavioural Therapy – focuses on helping the client to change unrealistic and unproductive thoughts, beliefs and behaviour. The therapist takes an active role in helping the client achieve these aims. The approach is suited to short term contracts and is particularly effective with treating depression, anxiety and stress.

Transactional Analysis – is a model for understanding human personality, relationships, communication and personal life patterns. It offers explanations of how we may continue to replay childhood strategies in adult life, even when these produce results that are self defeating or painful. It helps us to develop a new range of options in feeling, thinking and behaving in order for us to live with awareness, spontaneity and intimacy.

Person Centred Therapy - provides a respectful place in which we can re-awaken our inherent capacity for creative engagement with life, and for building deeply rewarding relationships with others.

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