To be effective, therapy needs to stay 'on track'. We establish on the very first session where it is you want to go and how we'll monitor your progress. It is essential that we both know what you want the therapy to achieve and how to know when it has already been achieved.

    With Solutions-Focused Psychotherapy, the emphasis is always working towards solutions, with you being able to develop new skills which may have been lacking, or rediscovering forgotten skills.

    Our basic needs are hardwired into us and are what identify us as human. When our basic needs in life are met, we have the spare capacity to enjoy life and focus on our real potential. They are:

• A sense of safety and security
• Giving and receiving attention
• Taking heed to the mind/body connection
• Status
• Connection to something bigger than oneself
• Challenge and creativity
• Meaning and purpose
• Intimacy
• Having a sense of control

    Some people spend whole lifetimes striving to fulfill basic needs and therefore fail to develop the 'spare capacity' to focus on other things. When basic needs are not met we will instinctively try to meet them in ways that may be damaging or unsustainable such as through addiction and obsessively creating negative scenarios.

    All psychological and many physical problems result from unmet basic needs and, in turn, may actually block their satisfaction.

    Practically everyone. If you think you are suffering from one of the below conditions, then you can benefit from psychotherapy.

• Depression
• Panic attacks
• Generalised anxiety
• Phobias
• Post traumatic stress disorder
• Eating disorders
• Addictions: smoking, alcohol abuse, gambling
• Chronic anger
• Pain: physically and psychologically based
• Relationship and sexual difficulties
• Sleep disorders
• Allergies
• Confidence issues - shyness, blushing etc.
• Weight and dieting
• Stress/tension
• High blood pressure
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Grief
• Performance anxiety - in sports, driving test, exam nerves
                                ...and more