Shelley Mitchell
Psychodynamic Psychotherapist
I have many years of experience working with clients who come to me for many different reasons, wanting either long term or short term therapy and some come back to me after many years for extra support when something new in their lives has become challenging.
My approach as a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist is to help enable you to understand why long standing challenges and internal conflicts from your past have a huge impact on your life today. By working together, you will become more self-aware and have a better insight about certain patterns of repetitive behaviour which have had a negative impact on your daily life. Most things you will be struggling with in your adult life will be very much rooted in your early childhood and by exploring these experiences together you will begin to understand how they have impacted on your life, with personal relationships with family members, colleagues at work and friendships. More importantly the affect it has had on the relationship you have with yourself.
Once you gain a better insight and awareness, you will be able to make adjustments and change the way you think and feel which will have a positive impact on your life and with how you interact with yourself and others moving forward.
My practice is based on Psychoanalytical Principles which means I listen to what you tell me, whilst remaining mindful that much of your internal conflicts and struggles are greatly influenced by your earlier experiences in childhood which have perhaps not been worked through or processed. By working through and processing we are able to find some acceptance.
What is important is that you have a confidential and safe space, one which is non-judgemental where you will be listened to perhaps for the very first time. For you to feel heard and respected, where the environment enables a therapeutic alliance to develop as we work together.
The initial contact will be by phone which will enable me to understand what might be going on for you and to make sure this is the right type of therapy for you right now.
Initial Assessment fee (90 minutes) is £75.00
Weekly therapy sessions (50 minutes) are £65.00
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