Counselling for Liverpool Ltd

​I'm Chris - people who come to see me usually want a psychotherapist with lots of experience, who is adaptive, an active part of the therapeutic process, and who has completed a lot of training.

Most therapists are psychotherapists in the UK at least, are trained in Person Centred, CBT, Psychodynamic, Gestalt, and Transactional Analysis. I'd guess in that order.

My approach is more unique because I'm trained in a number of other psychotherapies. Inc. Brainspotting, EMDR, IFS, Lifespan Integration & Somatic Therapies inc. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

Having originally started training in Person Centred Therapy in 2003, I'm not really into the more analytical approaches, and approaches to psychotherapy such as CBT (although I have received training in CBT too).

I do believe approaches such as CBT have a place and can be very helpful. I've even used these approaches myself early on in my career with 'positive outcomes', but like many, I have found it lacked real depth.

The therapies I have trained in take therapy a step further than talk therapy. These newer therapies are more about healing, not just the talking, 'thinking and understanding' approach to psychotherapy.

The forms of psychotherapy in which I'm trained in come under the umbrella of somatic therapies, or neurotherapies. I've seen these go deep, they are more than just talking about the problem. I have different ways of helping you with the problem, which are 'doing' therapies.

Is there something I like to work with the most? - it's a difficult one to answer as it's the people I really enjoy working with at the end of the day. I practice down-to-earth talking therapies, but also find that therapies that are a bit more 'left-field', more artistic, deep, experiential, are relational and align with neuroscience go a different route to talking therapy.
I find that mostly I am using a blend of:
IFS Therapy, Brainspotting, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, EMDR, with talking therapy interweaving them through them. I then integrate elements of the other therapies I've trained in.

There is probably a good reason, that my practice is usually full, and that most people come to see me for help with Addictions, Anxiety, Physical Problems Inc. sexual, Trauma symptoms, Traumatic experiences, Attachment & Binging behaviours.

I have over 20 years of experience in mental health and over 19 years of providing counselling & psychotherapy helping people recover from all kinds of traumatic experiences and symptoms. This goes right back to a time when there was a lot less known about trauma, and how to work with it.