Psychotherapy, Psychotherapeutic Coaching, Counselling in Essex

Attachment Theory: looks at the early experiences’ adults have had in relation with attachment problems which tends to fall into one of the following categories known as attachment styles. According to this theory, most people fit within a particular style and in some cases can meet the criteria of a disorder.

Avoidant: Those in this category are likely to struggle with trusting people and feel a sense of anger. They can lack empathy and shy away from intimacy. They often feel like they can only rely on themselves.

Anxious/ambivalent: People in this category tend to be compulsive in their behaviour. They tend to over-invest in relationships and may struggle to maintain long-term relationships. A strong desire for contact is common and they may perceive relationships as unbalanced.

Mindfulness/Self-compassion approach: fosters an attitude of curiosity, interest, and kindness towards our thoughts, emotions, and sensations, on purpose, and intentionally choosing where to place our attention. Mindfulness helps one to be in the present moment, guiding our attention in a non-judgmental way, to temporarily suspend ongoing, habitual, compulsive pattern to judge and compare one moment to the other, and/or one person to another. Mindfulness is an active process, and it is not just about sitting in one place or sitting still.

Humanistic therapy: is all about self-exploration. The following approaches can help you to increase self-awareness, and direct you towards finding a greater sense of purpose in life.

Transactional analysis: is based on the theory that we each have three ego states: Parent, adult, and child. By recognising ego-states, transactional analysis attempts to identify how individuals communicate, and how this can be changed.