Online & In-Person Counselling & Life Coaching & Supervision
Counselling
If I had to encapsulate the process of counselling very quickly I would describe it as the process by which someone reflects on and explores how well their needs are met in life. So human needs is the core process of counselling.
You have needs and these needs help you achieve a happy and productive life. Here are some frameworks that I found useful in addressing my needs and helping others to explore their own:
Epstein (1990) presented four basic needs:
- Need for Orientation, Control, Coherence (consistency principle)
- Need for Joy
- Need for Positive Attachment in Relationships
- Need for Self-Esteem Enhancement and Protection
Panksepp & Biven (2012) present the seven basic emotional systems/instincts:
- Seeking
- Caring
- Play
- Lust
- Fear
- Panic-Grief
- Rage
Maslow provides his hierarchy of needs:
Alfred Adler puts forward his three social goals:
- Need for social responsibility between self and others
- Need for a profession, occupation and contribution to society
- Need for love and partnership in a relationship
Counselling helps us work towards the self-actualisation of our needs and goals.
In my approach we do this through many techniques such as general exploration, discussion, psyche-ed, somatic body work, meditation, creative visualisation, solution-focused goal work, suggestion and affirmation, metaphor, journaling, art and creative expression, shadow work, golden shadow work, trauma exploration, attachment styles, introjection and internalisation exploration, to name just a few.
Counselling is guided by you to meet your needs and to integrate past trauma so you can work towards developing more fulfilling relationships, goals and aspirations in your life and contribute something rewarding and satisfying in the world in your family relationships, workplace and career. The aim of counselling is to move into life coaching work so you can contribute something great in the world and become that better version of yourself for yourself and for your loved ones and community, society, the environment and the world.
When you integrates your true life purpose and meaning you create a more happy world to live and grow in for yourself and for others.
