Brenda Clarke-Wills
Counsellor
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About me
I provide a non-judgemental and safe space, giving you an opportunity for exploration, emotionally and psychologically, to determine your current state of being.
I will be supportive of your inherent ability to know your own intentions and honour this process, with the hope to assist you to gain a greater understanding of yourself, therefore increasing self-awareness. This is key to having a healthy sense of self.
As you work with the true aspects of yourself, and gain an understanding of the underlying causes of how you came to be where you are, you can progress towards learning tools of resilience, self-regulation and emotional healing, which could move you towards a more fulfilling and enjoyable life circumstance and create positive, lasting, meaningful change; something we all aspire to achieving. Even in the most hopeless feeling space, change is possible.
I enjoy using a variety of modalities to fit your individual preferences, circumstances and issues with an integrative approach. Within this model I like to use the psychodynamic approach to help me to access the origin of a particular challenge/issue; cognitive behavioural therapy to assist with devising tools to address unhealthy behavioural/thinking patterns, and person-centred approaches to assist with developing and remaining in a professional client-led/therapeutic relationship with you which is key to effective counselling.
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Types of Therapy include: Solution Based Brief Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Existential, Integrative, Person centred, Psychodynamic, Transactional analysis, Christianity Based Counselling, Attachment Theory.
These can help: • Connecting more deeply with your inner self • Learning to access your intuition and innate source of wisdom • Finding meaning and purpose in your life • Developing components of emotional intelligence: awareness, self-regulation, empathy • Understanding your emotions, and working with them, rather than against them • Tending to addictive behaviours • Developing resilience and the capacity to be with unbearable feelings • Personal growth and transformation • Healing from trauma and emotional hurts • Overcoming stress, burnout, depression & anxiety • Overcoming negative life patterns that are holding you back • Develop healthy boundaries i.e., to say a compassionate no • Stop the intergenerational transmission of negative emotional patterns • Understanding relationship dynamics, turning negative relationship dynamics into positive dynamics
This can include issues such as: Abuse (including narcissistic), Anxiety, Bereavement and Loss, Cultural issues, Depression, Personal development, Relationships, Child related issues, Self-esteem, Stress, Trauma, Issues at Work, Body Image, Triggers, Jealousy, Anger Management, Cancer Diagnosis, Neurodiversity: Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Health Related Issues, Spirituality, Women's issues, plus others that are not mentioned here,
