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V.A.D.M. Centre for Counselling
& Advocacy
Sometimes, when we are feeling emotionally distressed;
or experiencing psychological turmoil; or are struggling with a dilemma that you
are finding difficult to resolve for yourself, or just plan fed-up, then why
not take time-out of your busy schedule to speak with me at:
V.A.D.M.
Centre for Counselling & Advocacy
We have a wide range of experience of working with
different people of different ages, from a variety of different backgrounds,
and this proves invaluable in helping and supporting people to work through
whatever is giving rise to their emotional distress. Counselling can help you
by:
- Offering a supportive and caring relationship in which you can feel
safe and secure enough to explore any issue you might bring at your own
pace;
- Accepting whatever you might bring to the counselling session
without judgement or prejudice;
- Helping and supporting you to see your difficulties more
objectively;
- Helping and supporting you to express your feelings and come to
terms with new or past experiences;
- Being a constructive part of an evolving process whereby unwanted
feelings can be changed;
- Helping to build self esteem, and enabling you to take greater
control over your life;
- Helping to improve communication in an assertive way; as opposed to
an aggressive or confrontational way;
- Helping you to become more aware of the possibilities and the
limitations of our existence, and set more realistic goals.
Counselling and psychotherapy is one way of dealing
constructive with your experience of anxiety/stress, depression; abusive
relationships; addiction; discrimination, identity issues or personality
issues, then I may be able to help. If I can’t, then I will help you find
someone else who may be able to help you.
What is counselling?
Counselling is a process of human interaction. It is
an interaction between two or more people, where the primary purpose is to
understand each other through clarification and description of your everyday
life. It may well be that there is a secondary outcome, and that this may be
something that you and counsellor have identified as something that you want to
get out of counselling. Counselling may be a short process or a long process,
you get to decide with your counsellor just how long that process with be. The
content of that process will be categorised, and priorities outlined before you
start. The counsellor should tell you have he would prefer things to proceed, and offer you the client the opportunity to say
whether or not the help and support that is being offered is something that you
want to invest in.
What is the difference between
counselling and psychotherapy?
Well I not sure there is a lot of difference; except
may be for the length of training that psychotherapists undertake, and the
price people are prepared to pay a psychotherapist as opposed to a counsellor.
In any case, client have told me over the years that they are more interested
in meeting a counsellor or psychotherapist who has experience of dealing with
whatever the issue/problem at hand. Others how want to be assured that
practitioner has the relevant qualifications and accreditations before they
part with their money, and you can’t blame them for that either. I think I
would be one of the latter in that I would want to know something about what I
will be getting for my money before I part with it, and different people have
different preferences I suppose. I think if you happy with the practitioner,
then you tend to feel as if your getting value for money whatever the cost.
Theoretical Approach
I have broad of knowledge of most counselling and psychotherapeutic
approaches, but tend towards the more Existential of these approaches. On
reflection of my training to date, I have found in necessary to work within a
model that seeks to combine ‘Existential Philosophy and Practice’, with that of
‘Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)’. I believe that having this flexibility
allows me to find away of working with individual people that is
individualistic, and personal. This integrative model,
or ‘Cognitive-Existential Model’ allows me
to relate the client’s own sedimentations of thought, feeling, and
actions-in-the-world within the ‘Antecedent, Behaviour, and Consequences’
framework of CBT.
The information inherent in the client’s stories will
come from each encounter with the client, and reflects his/her ways of
being-in-the-world in an explorative and descriptive fashion, (i.e.
phenomenologically). By sharing these views with the counsellor, we should be
able to identify the possible interrelatedness between; and within, a
particular event/situation with respect to concomitant beliefs/thoughts and
subsequent emotions and actions provides the contextual framework within which
exploration, clarification, description, and understanding can take place.
In the process, we get to ‘know’ something of the way
the client chooses to go about his/her his or her own projects in the world. We
get to know something about how s/he may have applied him/herself within the
context of his/her everyday life, and hence, likely to apply his/herself in the
future. It is hoped that the client then grasps the opportunity to choose ‘how’
s/he will apply himself in his/her future projects, differently.
Individual Counselling/Psychological therapy; and,
Health Advocacy contact for an appointment:
VADM Counselling Services
To purchase book entitled ‘The Expression of
Masculinity In Black men and its consequences: a case
for the introduction of Black British Psychology’ (price £15
each plus p&p), drop me an email
V.A.D.M. Advocacy Service
What is advocacy?
Sometimes people living with ill-health, psychological
problems or mental disorder have difficulty ensuring that their rights and
entitlements under the Law are not denied. Advocacy is a process where by the
advocate works closely with the client to resolve enduring issues and concerns
the may have about the way social, housing, and health care that they receive.
Particular attention is given to those who are unhappy about the social, housing
and health care they receive but are unable to do anything constructive about
these issues because of prevailing severe and enduring physical or mental
illness. However, you do not have to be living with a physically or mental
disorder to benefit from the service, a service is also provided for those who
may be experiencing emotional distress and therefore ‘at risk’ of becoming
physically or mentally-ill. Whatever you status, come and get and the help and
support you may need in negotiating the social, housing, and health they would
like to receive.
So, if, you feel that your rights and entitlements are being denied; or,
2) That your would like some assistance in communicating with social
services, health care services or the housing department; and,
3) You believe that you would benefit from a mental health advocate who
would be able to help and support you say what you need, or intercede on your
behalf, please do not hesitate to contact me:
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