Mel Lawrie

I offer both coaching and therapy. My focus is to listen carefully to what every client needs, creating a compassionate environment where people can learn to let go of feelings of self-criticism and self-judgement. I aim meet every client where they are at and to work with them to agree the goals of our work together. Whether you are seeking coaching or therapy, the relationship between us will be the foundation of the work we do together.

My main therapy training has been in Transactional Analysis (TA) which is based on a belief in everyone’s ability to change and grow. TA has three principles at its core:

• I am ok and you are ok
• Everyone can think
• Change is possible

One of the things I enjoy about TA is its variety and the way it can help us consider different aspects of life and our experiences. For example, the unconscious decisions we made during childhood (known in TA as ‘life script’) might be impacting our thinking, feeling and behaviour in the present. Or painful and difficult life events may have blocked our self-belief and self-worth and this is getting in the way of our ability to find solutions and emotional freedom. Therapy is often about healing old wounds.

Whatever brings you to therapy, we will agree the goals for the work together, and I will support you to make the changes that you want to make to help you achieve those goals.

As I am trained in both therapy and coaching I can be flexible and also offer Therapeutic Coaching. Feel free to email me if you would like to understand more about this.