Paul Fowler

Experienced accredited psychotherapist / counsellor and supervisor working in private practice in this area for over a decade; helping clients deal with am range of life’s issues including …anxiety, depression, panic attacks, anger, relational problems and bereavement (see full list).

Fundamentally I work through an integrative or pluralistic prospective, which bring together elements of different therapies that I feel appropriate to the needs of the individual client.

Describing how how you work is always a little tricky: listing the modality that therapists use (person centred, psychodynamic, CBT and many others) does not really inform the client of how the work will be, and what values the therapist holds, or what the therapists consider important when working with the client.  So….here goes.

Often just careful listening to the client in a non judgemental way and having an understanding of whats it’s like to live in the clients world is enough to enable change to take place.

I believe the client is the expert on themselves, after all they have lived with themselves for a lifetime. However I have thousands of hours of client work, and like to think that I know something of the process of therapy, and how it works. Putting two together is a good start.

I believe the relationship between therapist and client is relative to a positive outcome. Being real or authentic for both parties is important.

It’s important that both sides of the brain are considered and listened to. Our left brain for cognition and order our right for feelings and emotion. The ability to regulate our emotions is also important.

I would encourage self care and finding time for yourself; being heard, building a support network, and meditation to help ground one self to be in the moment.

Getting Started…I am happy to chat on the phone to answer any questions that you may have and also to for you tell me a little about yourself. This could take up to 20 minutes and is with out charge.

The booked session lasts for 60 minutes and initially are usually weekly or sometimes fortnightly. The sessions are paid for on the day by bank payment or cash.

I would like to invite supervises on a journey that is both authentic

and reflective; to enhance the counsellor client relationship.

Person centred /Humanistic, Integrative/ Pluralistic, and Cognitive.

I see my task as providing a safe working environment that is both creative and empowering; leading to reflection and learning.

Maintaining ethical and professional standards.

Provide honest and respectful feedback.

Be self aware, and provide practical and emotional support.

Before our first meeting I would be happy to have a phone chat so we could talk a little about our selves and how the work may go; and also answer any questions you may have.