Have a look at some of the services I offer below. When you want to chat, get in touch via the contact form here for a no-obligation short discovery session to answer all your questions.
The best way I can help is to make sure we cover all the things you want to know. To do that we don’t want to rush therapy; we need to commit and take the time and space to get it as right as we can. To do that, I offer packages rather than single sessions generally although that is available if appropriate.
Pain, two sessions: £300
Anxiety/low mood/other, four sessions: £600
Sports/Performance (actors, singers, dancers), four sessions: £600 though this can vary depending on the level of experience and whether amateur or professional. Contact to discuss.
BRAINSPOTTING
In 2020 I began training in Brainspotting. There are roughly 20,000 practitioners of this technique around the world but most people haven’t heard of it. It’s a technique that helps resolve emotional difficulties that we can’t really get access to through traditional cognitive-based techniques. It works by accessing the limbic system in the subcortex of your brain rather than the thoughts in the more logical, recently developed part of the brain.
It can be used for almost anything from anxiety to pain control to trauma to sports performance to acting/singing performance.
We start by finding where emotions might be held in the body. We then identify through various means where the equivalent spot in the brain is for that emotion. Through a process of focused mindfulness, the emotion can then be released. Sometimes this needs to go through several layers of experiences or traumas to be resolved. It can be a very powerful technique that gets to the source of an issue rather than being stuck at a cognitive level.
For me, the important part of the process is the connection with the person I am working with. Being held safely and given space to process emotions is vital for clients to be able to move through these difficulties, challenges, and traumas.
If you would like to find out more about this powerful technique please get in touch for a chat.
REDUCING PAIN
Pain is a signal from your brain and no matter how long you’ve had it your brain can hold on to it. There are several ways of dealing with pain, such as medication, exercise and even general well-being, but what your brain needs is rewiring. Living with pain can affect your mood and stress levels. By rewiring your brain together we can reduce or remove those old pain messages.
Everyone needs pain signals, it’s necessary for survival, so NEW pain is necessary, but when that pain then decides it’s going to stay with you it then becomes an OLD pain.
I can help with sciatica, restless leg syndrome, back pain, old injury pain and chronic pain, including pain from Arthritis and Fibromyalgia.
HYPNOSIS
Hypnosis is an evidence-based method of managing habits including helping with weight loss and stopping smoking.
It’s particularly useful for dealing with anxieties including phobias.
If you have any questions about using hypnosis to help manage your life or you want help and advice on psychotherapy for more in-depth problems then drop me a line at info@tfltherapies.com or fill in our form in the Contact Me section.
SPORTS HYPNOSIS
When working with sports clients there are several things we can look at doing such as managing tension and developing relaxation skills; using visualisation to create better images of performance; finding ways to increase energy and motivation; increasing arousal level and getting into the zone; deal with distractions; deal with injury concerns; develop inner strength, confidence, and mental toughness. We will use psychological techniques as well as hypnosis to get the results you want.
PHOBIAS
“Phobias aren’t real”, I hear this a lot. Not because it’s true but because that’s what other people tell phobia sufferers. For someone who does have a phobia, it’s all too real. A spider phobia, a fear of loud noises, a fear of heights. And if you live in Fife, maybe a fear of crossing the Forth Road Bridge. Once I had a client who had a fear of the number seven. Not thirteen, but seven. Whatever the cause of the fear, the result is the same: dread, panic, terror, a compulsion to escape or avoid the cause.
For real phobics, they know that what they’re scared of isn’t logical. But it’s not about logic, it’s about emotion. Trying to be logical, or worse other people trying to convince them with logic, just doesn’t help. Although the stimulus for the fear may not make sense to them or others, the symptoms themselves are genuine and often very disturbing and disruptive to the sufferer. Some people think it’s funny to mock someone with what looks like a silly or bizarre fear or even do this to ‘help’ them get better. That doesn’t work. What does work is going to a therapist who can show them how to deal with their emotions and take control.
I am a member of The British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis. Society can be viewed here