Tue, 22 May 2012 15:38:29 -0800WeeblyWed, 11 Apr 2012 13:31:45 -0800http://www.counsellingforliverpool.com/1/post/2012/04/carl-rogers-proposition-2.htmlThe organism reacts to the field as it is experienced and perceived. This perceptual field is “reality” for the individual.

]]>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:39:31 -0800http://www.counsellingforliverpool.com/1/post/2012/04/areas-covered.htmlClients come from all over Liverpool for counselling, including Childwall, Toxteth, Allerton, Calderstones and Mossly Hill. My practice is in Aigburth near to Lark Lane, and I sometimes work near to Penny Lane.
]]>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:42:23 -0800http://www.counsellingforliverpool.com/1/post/2012/03/cbt-is-not-the-only-way.html'The fact that counselling is included in the NICE depression guideline means that it is supported by evidence of its effectiveness, certainly in the treatment of moderate, as opposed to severe depression. There is also a good deal of other evidence supporting the effectiveness of counselling which isn’t included in NICE guidelines. Additionally, there is evidence that not everyone with depression is helped by CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy). In IAPT services approximately 60% of clients (according to the Glover Report) have not benefited from having CBT, hence the argument for a range of therapies (including counselling) to be made available to clients'. http://www.bacphealthcare.org.uk/faq.php
]]>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:47:17 -0800http://www.counsellingforliverpool.com/1/post/2012/01/how-does-a-person-centred-therapist-work.html_ The great question! There is no particular set of techniques that a person centred practitioner should employ. Carl Rogers theorised that if 6 core conditions were present in a therapy session then 'therapeutic change' would occur. He had researched that these conditions were present and high in sessions that people felt therapeutic change occurred. Thus the conditions are necessary & sufficient.

There is sometimes a misconception that there are 3 core conditions (empathy, unconditional positive regard & congruence). I think this has occurred through these being more the therapist qualities..

Anyway, here are the SIX Core Conditions :

1. Two persons are in psychological contact. (That both parties are aware on focused on each other
2. The first, the client, is in a state of incongruence being vulnerable or anxious.
3. The second person, the therapist, is congruent or integrated in the relationship. (Is the therapist genuine, and self aware?)
4.  The therapist demonstrates unconditional positive regard (UPR) for the client. (Is the therapist non-judgemental, do they allow the person to experience their process/emotions thoughts)
5. The therapist demonstrates an empathic understanding of the client’s internal frame of reference and endeavours to communicate this experience to the client. (does the therapist understand and show they do through communication?)
6. The communication to the client of the therapist's empathic understanding and unconditional positive regard (UPR) is achieved (does the client understand, experience and hear this?)

]]>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:38:59 -0800http://www.counsellingforliverpool.com/1/post/2012/01/anger-management-and-counselling.htmlAnger management is an a form of counselling focusing on anger and 'how to' deal with it using a series of techniques. Person centred counselling can also be a way to help you with anger. Anger can be destructive (I'm sure you can imagine lots of examples) as well as constructive. Just think about groups that have been oppressed. These groups are often angry and it's this anger that gives them the motivation to help change their situation and revolt.

Anger can be a very difficult emotion to harness. If you are angry and often act out this emotion through unproductive behaviours counselling can help.

Person centred counselling can offer you a safe place to explore what it is that might be adding to your anger. It can be a place where you can come to learn and understand yourself better, without being told to 'stop and count to 10!'
]]>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:58:55 -0800http://www.counsellingforliverpool.com/1/post/2012/01/carl-rogers-proposition-1-of-19.htmlAll individuals (organisms) exist in a continually changing world of experience (phenomenal field) of which they are the center.]]>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:04:45 -0800http://www.counsellingforliverpool.com/1/post/2011/10/which-counsellor-to-choose.htmlIf we are fortunate enough to be able to choose our counsellor I wonder what it is that we are choosing? I think it is worth considering what  we want from our counsellor, so that we don't end up much further down the line with someone we didn't feel was for us in the first instance. I think this may be part of the healing process for some - are we able to listen to our own needs and take the responsibility to start to meet our own needs? or do we neglect ourselves and our needs? This maybe the first time we are able to make these kind of choices..

For some there may not be much of an option as to who we see as our counsellor. I wonder is this a hindrance to the therapeutic outcome? Hopefully we are lucky enough to have a counsellor that we can work with at forming a helpful, working relationship..If not do we tend to stay in relationships that are not helpful and have no real substance..?

]]>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:25:05 -0800http://www.counsellingforliverpool.com/1/post/2010/12/coping-tecniques.htmlI am currently building a new page on coping techniques. Coping Techniques are just that, they are generally behaviours/exercises that we can do to help us through difficult times, especially episodes of anxiety.. Keep checking the page as it is in it's infancy at the moment, and I welcome any suggestion you find useful by email.
]]>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:53:46 -0800http://www.counsellingforliverpool.com/1/post/2010/09/research.htmlSome of the research into effective psychotherapy shown that:

1. Effective psychotherapy is primarily predicted upon a) the relationship between the therapist and the client and b)the inner and external resources of the client.
2. The type of therapy and technique is largely irrelevant in terms of successful outcome.
3. Training, credentials and experience of the therapists are irrelevant to successful therapy.
4. Clients who receive psychotherapy improve more than clients who do not receive psychotherapy.
5. There is little evidence to support the position that there are specific treatments for particular disabilities.
6. The most consistent of the relationship varibles related to effectiveness are the conditions of empathy, genuineness and unconditional positive regard.

Bozarth 1998.
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