What can a Psychotherapist do?

In psychotherapy, you work in partnership with a qualified therapist who will guide you and help you to understand yourself and your inner world.

The job of the Psychotherapist is to help you take control of your feelings and find new ways of behaving.

Psychotherapy is about freedom of choice; it can free you from old and malfunctioning ways of behaving, and can enable you to choose new ways of changing and living your life.

With therapy, unpleasant symptoms will usually fade, and you will feel better and more positive about the future.

You will work in a relationship with someone who has knowledge of feelings and communication, who you can trust and whose point of view you can value. The work progresses according to your own comfort level and you can usually expect some change within around six sessions although this will depend on the issues you bring and the depth of the problem.