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Tony Warren
Counselling, Psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy
Burgess Hill, West Sussex
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There are times in our lives when we are less resourceful than we would like to be.
We have difficulty coping. Our old ways of dealing with issues no longer seem to help.
Counselling/Psychotherapy provides the opportunity to talk about these issues to someone who is not directly involved, but who has the training and skills, not only to listen attentively,
but to help develop the resources necessary to regain more control in one's life.
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I run my psychotherapy/hypnosis practice from my home, but where this is not practical, home visits can be arranged. I have ten years experience as a psychotherapist, including nine and a half years voluntary work, one day a week, in the local NHS Community Mental Health Centre, and three years with another NHS Mental Health Centre, specialising in Bereavement and Loss. Whilst with the NHS I benefited from specialist training for work with survivors of childhood abuse.
I firmly believe in the importance of a trained, professional approach to counselling and psychotherapy and abide by the B.A.C.P. (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) codes of Ethics and Practice and am subject to their complaints procedure. I am also fully trained in the practice of E.M.D.R.* (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing).
I believe in ongoing personal and professional development and I undertake regular supervision.
The BACP definition of counselling
Counselling takes place when a counsellor sees a client in a private and confidential setting to explore a difficulty the client is having, distress they may be experiencing or perhaps their dissatisfaction with life, or loss of a sense of direction and purpose. It is always at the request of the client as no one can properly be 'sent' for counselling.
By listening attentively and patiently the counsellor can begin to perceive the difficulties from the client's point of view and can help them to see things more clearly, possibly from a different perspective. Counselling is a way of enabling choice or change or of reducing confusion. It does not involve giving advice or directing a client to take a particular course of action. Counsellors do not judge or exploit their clients in any way.
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In the counselling sessions the client can explore various aspects of their life and feelings, talking about them freely and openly in a way that is rarely possible with friends or family. Bottled up feelings such as anger, anxiety, grief and embarrassment can become very intense and counselling offers an opportunity to explore them, with the possibility of making them easier to understand. The counsellor will encourage the expression of feelings and as a result of their training will be able to accept and reflect the client's problems without becoming burdened by them.
Acceptance and respect for the client are essentials for a counsellor and, as the relationship develops, so too does trust between the counsellor and client, enabling the client to look at many aspects of their life, their relationships and themselves which they may not have considered or been able to face before. The counsellor may help the client to examine in detail the behaviour or situations which are proving troublesome and to find an area where it would be possible to initiate some change as a start. The counsellor may help the client to look at the options open to them and help them to decide the best for them.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.
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