Marike Gort

I currently have availability for online clients as well as for in person clients in Ullapool

Really looking at your life and the situation you are in, takes courage. Perhaps life feels almost unbearable right now and you are at a loss as to how to move forward. Coming to counselling can be a big step, but I am here to accompany you, to offer you my wholehearted support in finding a way through what is difficult in your life at the moment.

Therapy can help you to transform your suffering into an opportunity for personal growth and life expansion. Having someone who meets you exactly where you are in this moment, listens deeply to you and doesn't judge but accepts you unconditionally, can help you gain clarity and a new perspective on your situation. Through the therapeutic process you will find a new level of understanding and compassion for yourself and the factors that are at play in your life. Having said that, counselling can be very challenging at times, but together we can find a way to make changes that will lead you toward a meaningful and fulfilling life.

A little more about my background:

As well as my regular therapy training I bring to the work my  longstanding and dedicated meditation and yoga practice. This comes into my therapy room not only in the form of mindfulness, but also as a deep faith in your basic wholeness and a compassion for all your parts. My hope is that I can help you find more presence and spaciousness in your day to day experiencing as well as much more compassion for yourself and the struggles you encounter.

I draw from a variety of different modalities to form an integrated approach that can be adapted to your needs and preference. So that might involve an in-depth exploration of your past, or something that is more action oriented and behavioural. Or perhaps both at different points in the counselling process. I work in a way that incorporates a lot of mindful awareness and involves your whole being, your thinking mind as well as your embodied experience. 

In general, I like to start exactly with how you actually are in the moment, rather than starting with the "thoughts about". Moving away from the familiar thought stories, and instead exploring from present moment experiencing leads to surprises and genuine new discoveries.

This present moment focus tends to quickly enhance a sense of spaciousness and possibility- rather than staying stuck in the familiar old patterns that we can all get caught in. 

My aim is to work collaboratively with you to help you (re)discover your own inner compass. Therapy can be short term or longer term. Most importantly however I aim to offer you unconditional support and give you permission to be fully yourself, in all your breadth and depth.

I offer a free 15 minute intro chat. 

I look forward to hearing from you.

With warm wishes

Bo

I currently have availability for online supervision

I would like to think supervision can be a lot more than a tickbox requirement, it can offer a real opportunity for personal expansion.

The work we do with clients is so particular isn't it? Exploring together how it impacts you, what it brings up in you and how you can facilitate the growth of your clients as well as yourself can be a creative and exciting pursuit.

In working with supervisees, I bring my openness, curiosity and compassion as well as my knowledge and experience in the fields of complex trauma and embodied working.

As a private practitioner I work integratively and very relationally.  using mainly IFS (Internal Family Systems) and somatic approaches (Sensorimotor psychotherapy and Hakomi). I have an extensive background in yoga and meditation and tend to incorporate a lot of mindfulness and compassionate self-enquiry into my work with clients.

I offer a free 15 minute chat to see if we'd like to work together.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Warm wishes

Bo