Our Services
Individual Counselling
What can I expect from individual therapy?
How do we do it. First, we can see if we are a “match” – this is called “therapeutic alliance”
A therapeutic alliance: The research of Scott Miller PhD discovered that the extent to which the client feels understood and helped by the therapist is the secret to a successful therapy outcome. This therapeutic alliance allows therapy to be a safe place where you can escape the grip of the “false self” and know and express your true thoughts and feelings. In social interactions we sometimes – if not often – hide our authentic selves because we fear we will be – or we actually are – criticized, attacked or shamed. For some clients’ therapy may be the closest relationship they will ever have in their lives. All clients will get the most out of therapy if they are honest with their therapist about both themselves and how they feel about the treatment.
The goal of therapy: To develop the self-love and skills to successfully navigate daily life and relationships.
Couples Counselling
What can I expect from couples therapy?
A way to reconnect again to your partner: Couples Counselling looks at problems arising from intimate or sexual relationships. It is different to individual therapy in that your relationship, rather than each person, is the ‘client’.
Marriage/co-habitation/civil partnership, is based on intimacy and trust and when it stops working it causes stress and unhappiness which spreads to other areas of your lives often causing your health and other relationships to suffer.
Outside influences, such as work pressure, family problems, money and health all take their toll and can send a once solid and happy relationship into crisis. Suddenly the relationship that once grounded you, leaves you drained and exhausted.
Couples counselling is a safe, confidential environment where both partners can be heard and differences are acknowledged, with a view to learning skills to manage conflict together in the future. I use an attachment approach with couples and work on developing a healthy emotional language. The goal of couples’ therapy: reconnection and reinvention of you and them.
Family Counselling
What can I expect from family counselling?
To communicate with each other in a way that is heard and understood. Misunderstanding each other, jumping to the wrong conclusion or refusing to accept difference causes conflict and if issues of conflict are not resolved peacefully, they can lead to arguments and resentment and family breakdown.
Often the sessions occur with all family members present, however, this may not always be the case, for example; a family member who suffers from alcoholism or drug addiction might not attend sessions, and might actually be the reason why other family members seek out family counselling. The therapist will observe interactions between family members, as well as observing non-interactions of family members, so that each person gets a chance to be heard.
Conflict occurs when family members’ different opinions, views or beliefs are presented in a way that cause a clash. Ongoing conflict can be stressful and damaging to relationships and some people find it difficult to manage their feelings and become intentionally hurtful, aggressive or even violent. This comes about when differences are not communicated in a way that others can hear, understand and accept.
Usually, our first angry impulse is to push the point that we are right and win the argument at any cost. Reaching resolution can be difficult and sometimes impossible if both parties stubbornly stick to their guns. Family Counselling can help each family member to listen and to be heard and to accept that differences do not have to mean war; this encourages negotiation instead of rehashing the same tired scenarios that usually take place.
The goal of family therapy is to give you the skills to communicate in a positive way to reduce conflict so that you can reach a peaceful resolution.
Supervision Service
Need clinical supervision hours? Individual and dyadic supervision sessions are available virtually. Dana and Carolyn are well regarded supervisors who strive to create a supportive environment and foster their students growth.
Please contact New Mind to inquire about rates for supervision services. If you are student who is interested in external supervision or seeking placement please contact us at [email protected]
