Working with Adults, Children & Young People
Mental Health & Wellbeing
What services do you provide?
This is a difficult question to answer.
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As no two people are the same, have the same experiences or lives. Everyone is unique,
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There is no such thing as
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Common (and medical) terms have different meanings in different contexts.
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Distress, Concerns, Issues
There are more medical diagnoses of mental health than bones in the human body. Yet what you are experiencing may not even have a name, let alone be on a list somewhere.
What you are experiencing is unique to you. There is no manual to describe or define you. Some common experiences of life can become overwhelming and cause distress, concerns, issues and can be labelled.
Many are common and temporary.
When they become part of daily life, affect how we live our lives, impact on others. Chats with mates and colleagues make no or little difference.
Time to seek professional support.
Describing Terms
Some people can describe how they are with words such as:
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Depression, low mood sadness, melancholy, withdrawn, lost
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Anxiety, nervousness, phobia, scared, shy, fright
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Trauma, shock, damage, self-harm , suicide, hate, worthless
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Addicted, ADHD, neuro-divergent, obsessive
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Medical Diagnostic Terms
Could include: Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Phobias, Personality Disorder, OCD, Schizophrenia,
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Who do I work with?
Adults: those persons over the age of 18 years old
Children and Young People: those persons aged under 18 years old.
Couples: Adults who are experiencing relational or relationship issues or concerns.
Sessions provide an opportunity to talk in private and confidentially about stuff. Time to think. A chance to explore through the use of creative and metaphor permits exploration an understanding that doe snot always has words.
Supervison
Qualified and Student Practitioners
The time and space to be reflective and reflexive on work, selves and contexts.
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Coaches
The time and space to reflect, seek perspective and manage ethical boundaries.
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Other Professionals
The time and space to consider choices, decisions and dilemmas in a supportive framework.
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Professional Requirement
Ad Hoc
Non-clinical supervision
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Face to Face
Online
Specialist in working with Ethical Dilemmas
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Information, Advice and Guidance
Dedicated and experienced in providing robust and valid insight on mental health and wellbeing.
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Support in understanding the vast wealth and depth of material on mental health and wellbeing. Some of which is myth, false, lacks evidence, etc.
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Support to navigate public and private health care for mental health concerns.