Family Dynamics
It is common to reach difficulties and impasses in our families. Conflict, expectations, communication, misunderstandings and powerful unconscious dynamics can leave us feeling confused and unheard. Taking a systemic look at our families, the relationships within them and what everyone needs can be transformative. Rather than the whole family needing to be present, it is also possible to gain understanding and work towards changing the dynamics individually. I take a pragmatic and in-depth approach, revealing the psychological essentials of how our styles of relating, communicating and parenting, can all be upgraded, in order to find the best fit for the situation and dynamics we are facing.
Some common issues people want to address:
~ Family & relational dynamics
~ Psychological insight into what is happening & how to create change
~ Dysfunctional & traumatic dynamics
~ Communication styles
~ Differences & expectations
~ Conflict, anger & reactions
Behavioural difficulties and challenges
~ ~ Control & power dynamics - how much is healthy?
~ How we feel as parents/partners/friends in relationship
~ Parent - child/adolescent dynamics
~ How to create healthy autonomy
~ Parenting support - pre-birth upwards
~ Pre or post natal depression & bonding
In counselling it is possible to address:
~ Stress, depression and anxiety
~ Identity, confidence and self esteem
~ Emptiness and isolation
~ Relational and family dynamics
~ Conflict and communication
~ Trauma, PTSD and abuse
~ Inner-child and sub-personality work
~ Infidelity, separation and divorce
~ Addictions, eating disorders & self harm
~ Fertility, miscarriage, abortion, birth & postnatal depression
~ Physical and psychological effects of illness
~ Grief and loss
A Psychosynthesis Counsellor...
...Recognises
the need for meaning and purpose as being fundamental to our well-being
...Acknowledges
that our mind, body, emotions and spirit are deeply interrelated
...Views
our individual and unique qualities while being interconnected with others and the environment
...Addresses
powerful experiences and the defence mechanisms around them which can hinder our self connection and development
...Notices
that we repress what we do not like in ourselves as well as, some our higher impulses such as intuition, altruism, inspiration and joy
...Works
to integrate different parts of our experience, in order to create more self connection and a capacity to live vibrantly
...Sees
life as a journey of development, where problems are often opportunities for growth
...Holds
that our individual will is necessary before change and transformation can take place
...Dares
to emphasise the Self, as the source of psychological health
...Creates
a compassionate and optimistic attitude to our experiences, despite the dominance of the pathologically orientated psychology