What Can You
Expect From A Competent Counsellor?
Counselling is about
listening with empathy and sensitivity, being non-judgemental
and respectful of your thoughts, opinions and rights.
Alison can help you to understand yourself better,
and improve the quality of your life. She can assist
you to develop your skills and create new options
to deal with issues more effectively. Counselling
can help you to be honest and realistic about yourself
and your relationships. Your relationship with Alison
will be a supportive partnership which allows you
to explore and give meaning to your life's experiences.
How I work
I work with individuals
in the areas of grief, trauma, self esteem,
assertiveness, relationships, fears, depression, stress,
anxiety, sexual abuse, addictions, habits and personal
growth. I
am an eclectic counsellor, which means I use my own
personal
synthesis of different counselling models. This principally
involves a cognitive approach, blended
with Interactive Drawing Therapy and Hypnotherapy.
To
help refine my therapies to suit each client, I
muscle test their body (with their permission) to
find out what techniques are required for each session
and their sequence.
I have a list of techniques and therapeutic modalities
that I test for, i.e. counselling, Interactive
Drawing Therapy (I.D.T.), Hypnotherapy, Neuro Linguistic
Programming
(N.L.P.), and Emotional Freedom Technique (E.F.T.).
I often give homework to clients so that they continue
to process material between sessions.
I use a holistic approach, working with the mind-body
interaction.
I work together with
doctors and natural health practitioners to help
bring about integration
of the medical and complementary health models,
to achieve the highest level of client care.
I abide
by the codes of ethics of the New Zealand Association
of Counsellors and the N.Z. Association Of Professional
Hypnotherapists which cover counsellor responsibilities
and client care.
What Is
Interactive Drawing Therapy?
Interactive
Drawing Therapy (IDT) is a psychotherapy using drawing
and writing as a medium to access the wise and resourceful
parts of your unconscious. Strong and often deeply
buried feelings can be experienced, yet be safely
contained and transformed. It is a powerful tool
for resolving past and present difficulties, hurts
and losses. IDT allows the integration
of lost or neglected parts of self leading towards
wholeness. It can help reveal your potential and
talents, and requires no artistic or drawing ability.
What is Hypnosis?
It is an altered state of awareness, and you enter
this state of mind when you concentrate, or become
absorbed in something of great interest such as daydreaming,
watching TV, movies or computer games. Hypnosis is
a natural state of being which you experience at least
twice every day; immediately prior to sleeping, and upon
wakening. It is at these times that you are naturally
suggestible.
What is Hypnotherapy?
The state of drowsiness and relaxation
is artificially induced, along with narrowing the mind’s
attention so that the hypnotherapist’s suggestions
have your undivided attention. Relaxation, concentration
and involvement are the important elements of the process.
While positive suggestions are an integral part of
hypnotherapy, other techniques such as regression,
may be used to communicate directly with the subconscious,
so that unwanted behaviour and emotional responses
can be changed or released.
The Power of the
Subconscious Mind
The subconscious mind controls your
automatic actions, body responses and habits. It
stores memories and emotional
responses and these may be blocking or holding back
your ability to change and grow. Just like changing
the way information is stored in a computer, Hypnotherapy
changes the way memory, emotions and behaviours have
been stored, so that you can achieve your goals and potential
without using willpower or avoidance.
For a full explanation of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
go to www.nzaph.co.nz
Qualifications/Memberships
• Diploma
of Counselling (Waikato Polytechnic)
• Diploma of Hypnotherapy
• Advanced Professional Certificate in Interactive Drawing Therapy
• Member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors
• Associate Member of the New Zealand Association Of Professional Hypnotherapists
• Member of the Drug and Alcohol Practitioners Association of Aotearoa
New Zealand
Client Group
Adults and Teenagers
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