Talk Therapy

 

Rachel Crawford delivers an evidence-based, well researched model of talk therapy called the Solution Focused talk therapy approach. 

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Talk Therapy provides a confidential space in which we begin finding your way forward. Whether you're experiencing confidence issues, anxiety, low mood, stress, relationship issues or, the effects of past experiences,, we will work together to find the best You by discovering simple,, realistic ways to help you feel more in control of your life.​

 

Probably the most important aspect of any counselling or therapy is the client's sense of being properly listened to. Instead of listening in order to understand what has gone wrong, solution focused therapists listen for clues about what going right would look like. Instead of discussing the problem and helping someone fix it we discover a preferred future and help someone reach it. 

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If any therapy works it leads to the client 'doing something different'. Without that all the understanding in the world will make no difference. Solution focused brief therapy starts by trying to discover what the 'something different' might be. Instead of asking about the problem we ask "What are your best hopes from this therapy?" The focus is on what our clients want to achieve rather than what they want to leave behind. When we have established the overall aim for the therapy we then ask questions about how the person's life would look if their 'best hopes' were realised. Many clients will spend much of their first session describing what life would be like if the difficulties that brought them to therapy were resolved. Many people get stuck with their problem because they can't imagine what will replace it – "better the devil you know". Sometimes, beginning to picture a viable alternative is all that is necessary to start the natural process of change.

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On average clients notice a difference after just 2-3 sessions (no consultation - I'll ask you to complete an information form and submit it before we meet) and you will be the judge of when you're feeling your best self again.

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Book in for a Therapy Session or request a brief chat: contact Rachel on 07876 642230 using text, WhatsApp or voice call. Alternatively email rachel@sagehypnotherapy.co.uk or use the contact page to get in touch.