What is Psychotherapy?
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Paula offers short term and long term Psychotherapy sessions. Individuals, couples or family members can book in for sessions.
Psychotherapy is working together to find out what's really going on for you. It is a confidential, safe place where you are heard and understood without judgement. Everyone during some stage of their life will experience some degree of hardship and this does not mean there is something wrong with you.
Bring in a range of issues you are struggling with and we can work with these during sessions. A range of strategies and resourcing are applied in sessions. Understand the reasons why you are feeling the way you are about yourself or your relationship, or in other areas of your life. Unpack the hardships you have gone through in the present or from the past.
Find better ways of communicating constructively where you can make real changes in you life, relationship or family life. It is possible to rework patterns of behaviour that are not working for you. Find more satisfaction and dignity in your life.
Sessions are tailored to suit your needs.
Longer term Psychotherapy may include journal writing and working with dreams.
I work from a non-medical model of working with people. No referrals from a GP are required to attend Psychotherapy sessions.
I am also a Herbalist so I will find out information about your health, your lifestyle & eating habits, sleeping habits and how you manage your stress. I may make recommendations for Herbal Medicines and natural supplements to assist with your wellbeing.
15 years of Clinical experience.
I have used a butterfly image as part of my logo. This image symbolises change and growth. I was inspired to use this image from a butterfly that resides in the Blue Mountains, the Swallowtail butterfly (Graphium macleayanum). See picture below. This butterfly, with brilliant green and purple colouring can be seen in the Blue Mountains during the summer months.
“Our main task is to fulfil our deep innate potential, much as the acorn contains the potential to become the oak, the caterpillar to become the butterfly”
Carl Jung
Why Book a Session?
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- Improve your wellbeing and life
- Early intervention, de-escalation & damage control strategies
Some reasons people book sessions:
- worries, anxieties, panic attacks
- life crises, present or past trauma, complex trauma
- depression
- breakdown in relationship, communication issues, arguments, affairs,
- assistance with separation & divorce
- single parenting, blended families
- concerns about your child
- child not performing well at school
- grief & loss of a loved one
- living with cancer or caring for a loved one with cancer
- stress management
- self harm
- drugs & alcohol
- domestic violence
- sexual assault
- past sexual abuse
- harassment
- risk taking
- loss of direction in life
- personal growth, deeper understanding of self
Services
Individual Psychotherapy
Individual Psychotherapy sessions provide blocks of sessions that may be short term or long term. Sessions can be weekly, fortnightly or monthly. These sessions offer clients time to talk about and address the issues, hardships & heartaches presented. The sessions provide strategies, resourcing and change clients can apply into their life.
Duration: 60 minute sessions.
Face to face & online sessions available.
Couples Counselling
Provides a block of 4 counselling sessions over 4 months. Couples need time to apply strategies and integrate the changes they want in their relationship.
Duration: 90 minute sessions
Face to face sessions available
Family Counselling
Parents attend sessions and we work together on strategies for their child & children within a family context. Sessions can be weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
Duration: 60 minute sessions
Face to face sessions available
Support & Discussion Groups
Maximum of 6 participants.
Watch this space for upcoming group.
Face to face group sessions available
Address: Level 1, 98-108 Bathurst Road, Katoomba NSW 2780
Blue Mountains Therapies 2020