
David Cole
Registered Member MBACP (Accredited)
Contact information
- Phone number
- 07511 081 812
- Website
- http://www.stalbanscounsellor.com/
Therapist - ST ALBANS
Features
About me and my therapy practice
I am an 'Accredited' therapist with experience of a wide range of issues. I offer 50 minute sessions, regularly each week, in a safe, confidential setting. I like to provide an opportunity for you to be heard and understood. Through careful and non-judgemental listening I will appreciate things from your perspective. You may want help thinking about things from a 'here and now' perspective, or you may want to explore unconscious emotional patterns which may be keeping you from living life more fully. I can offer a fixed number of sessions, or opened-ended. I draw on experience of a number of helpful approaches. Together we can tailor an approach which feels right.
Person-centred counselling - I have found this approach useful in helping people deal with depression and anxiety, and currently use it for my NHS work. Together we work towards you having a greater acceptance of yourself and a better understanding of your feelings.
Mindfulness - This approach is based on the premise that many of us spend too much of our time either ruminating about past events, or worrying about the future.
Psychodynamic counselling - This shares the same core principles as psychoanalysis, but is less intensive and more focused on immediate problems, attempting to find a quicker solution. I trained for 5 years in this approach. It seeks to make you aware of your unconscious processes and the way these affect the way you relate and react.
Couples counselling - I am a trained couples counsellor. My main focus is to ensure each partner feels safe to have their say, and to increase understanding from the other's point of view.
What I can help with
Abuse, ADD / ADHD, AIDS/HIV, Anger management, Anxiety, Asperger syndrome, Bereavement, Cancer, Child related issues, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Cultural issues, Depression, Disability, Eating disorders, Health related issues, Identity issues, Infertility, Life coaching, Loss, Men's issues, Obsessions, OCD, Personal development, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy related issues, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Sex-related issues, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma, Women's issues, Work related issues
Types of therapy
Integrative, Person centred, Psychodynamic
Clients I work with
Adults, Couples, EAP, Older adults, Young people
How I deliver therapy
Long-term face-to-face work, Online counselling, Short-term face-to-face work, Telephone counselling