Counselling & Psychotherapy
Counselling & Psychotherapy at Live Life Happy Therapy
I offer both counselling and psychotherapy, and while they share similarities, there are some key differences.
Counselling
Counselling focuses on helping you manage specific challenges you're currently facing. It’s often shorter-term and goal-oriented, designed to offer practical strategies for navigating difficult life situations.​​ If you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward, counselling provides a safe and supportive space to explore your emotions and experiences. This includes facing uncomfortable emotions like stress, anxiety, frustration, or sadness - feelings that can sometimes feel overwhelming when dealt with alone.
Psychotherapy
While counselling often focuses on immediate issues, psychotherapy goes deeper, exploring the underlying patterns and behaviours that may be affecting your life in ways you might not fully realise. Psychotherapy helps to uncover these deeper, often unconscious, patterns. Together, we explore your past and present experiences to identify how certain behaviours or thought patterns have developed, and more importantly, how they might be influencing your current life. The goal is to bring these hidden influences into your awareness, so you can actively challenge and change them.
By understanding the root causes of your emotions and behaviours, psychotherapy empowers you to make lasting changes. It challenges the automatic responses or habits that may no longer serve you, helping you break free from cycles of frustration, self-sabotage, or emotional pain. Over time, this deeper work enables you to choose new, healthier ways of thinking and responding, creating more fulfilling relationships, emotional balance, and a greater sense of control over your life.
Unlike short-term solutions, psychotherapy provides a space to engage in ongoing personal growth, allowing for profound, transformative change.
Specialised Services at Live Life Happy Therapy
I am trained to support individuals, from adolescents through to couples therapy, regardless of the relationship dynamic, including non-monogamous same-sex relationships. I understand that everyone’s journey is unique, whether you're dealing with personal struggles or navigating complex relationship issues.
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My approach is empathetic and tailored to what you need. I draw from various therapeutic approaches, including Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, Hypnotherapy, and Somatic Therapy, to help you work through challenges, find clarity, and build the confidence to take positive steps forward. Together, we’ll explore ways for you to overcome difficulties, so you can experience deeper connections, emotional balance, and a greater sense of control in your life.
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Fueled by my commitment to assisting clients explore their issues more in-depth, I am continually enhancing my skills as a therapist. Since March 2023, I've been working towards UKCP accreditation as an Outcome-Oriented Trainee Psychotherapist, with completion expected by May 2025. Also I am currently pursuing a Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Relationship Psychotherapy as a trainee of CORST, the professional body for psychosexual and relationship therapists finishing in July 2025.
