Counselling Banbury

Counselling is often referred to as a "talking therapy" and is used as a personal support system in a very wide variety of circumstances. Perhaps one of the better known examples would be "Relate" who, as an organisation, specialise in marital or family oriented issues.

Person - Centred Counselling, devised by Carl Rogers and also called "Client-Centred" or "Rogerian" counselling, (the basis of "Counselling") embraces a largely non-directive approach, the therapist acting as a positive, supportive, non-judgemental guide in allowing the client to find their best way forward to their own preferred solution to the issues that concern them. Requiring a close, understanding and empathetic relationship between the client and therapist tcounselling allows the client to freely express their innermost thoughts, fears and emotions and thereby come to terms with that which is concerning them and from there, develop inner resources to cope with the issues involved. The accent is on helping the client to take responsibility for their own thoughts and deeds and developing self-confidence and self-reliance.

Eclectic Counselling
An eclectic counsellor will select what is applicable to the client from a range of theories, methods and practices. Justification is based on the theory that there is no proof that any one theoretical approach works better than all others for a specific problem. The Paloma Centre is focused on the Eclectic approach including various therapies more particularly detailed within the Psychotherapy section on the website at www.thepalomacentre.com or call on 01295 277686.