Make choices
about the changes you want to make in your life
Hello, my name is Renate James
At Change, you will find a safe and confidential place to talk about your life, including the confusing, painful and uncomfortable things.
What's important to me as a therapist about the changes you can make as a result of therapy?
Autonomy:
To realise our full potential as grown-ups, we need to update the strategies for dealing with life, which we decided upon as infants. When we find that these strategies are no longer working for us, we need to replace them with new strategies, which do work.
Leading to the capacity for:
Awareness:
To live in the present moment, perceiving it without interruption.
Spontaneity:
The ability to put aside familiar, well-exercised options, and choose according to what seems to fit the moment.
Intimacy:
Being able to expose our vulnerability to others. Showing how we really think, feel and behave without the need to mask ourselves in what we imagine the other person wants or can cope with. Being prepared to meet and listen to the other without being impeded by our own wants or needs.
Why chooseChange Counselling Service?
As you’re reading this, chances are you’re researching counsellors and you’ll have come across a wide variety of counselling methods and disciplines across Romsey and Salisbury already. I offer counselling in Salisbury based on a Humanistic approach called Transactional Analysis Theory. This highly sophisticated method of counselling is an easily accessible and easy to follow theory of modern psychology.
I also incorporate elements from Person Centred, Psychodynamic and Cognitive Analytic therapy. Everyone is different and increasing research shows that no single method is sufficient for successful counselling and psychotherapy. When you come to me for your counselling, my approach will be adapted to fit you, and you will not be squeezed into any rigid way of working.
At Change Counselling Service, you can expect that your views and needs will always be respected. My counselling in Salisbury is designed to treat you with innate goodness and decency, helping you to change your life in a positive way.New paragraph
I will help you to examine your responses to situations and events in a positive and healthy way. It can be difficult to process our feelings when we think there are ‘acceptable’ and ‘unacceptable’ responses, but with the help of Change Counselling Service, you will be empowered to choose responses that reflect who you are and your current lifestyle.
I’ll help you to discover peace of mind as you encounter life’s random events, overcoming them with a strong sense of self.
I truly believe that counselling offers true, positive change if you have motivation, your counsellor is using the best approach, realistic goals are set and you’re offered enough support.
For a confidential chat about counselling Salisbury,
don’t hesitate to call me on 0774 888 1404
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How does Counselling start?
Counselling/psychotherapy is an active relationship which requires work and commitment on both sides. Trust between myself and my clients is critical.
I aim to facilitate an accepting, non-judgmental, confidential space and relationship, where you feel met, and ultimately giving you the chance to begin your chosen path for change.
My qualifications
BACP Accredited Foundation Degree in Humanistic Counselling based on Transactional Analysis (Middlesex University)
Post Graduate Digital Media and Design
(South Africa)
BTech Graphic Design Art Degree
(South Africa)
I consider my personal Continuous Professional Development as an important part of my offering to my clients.
I take an active stance at staying up to date with current research and trends within the counselling world.
I have attended:
Early Interventions with Children Which Make a Real Difference
– Dr Margot Sunderland
Certificate in Grief and Loss:
The Olive Branch
A Weekend with
Claude Steiner including his well known “Emotional Literacy Training.”
I am a member of a number of national and international organisations including:
British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA) and Hampshire Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (HACP). As a Member of BACP I am bound by its Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy. I hold full Professional Liability Insurance and a clear enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check.
