I am com­mit­ted to sup­port­ing my clients to tap into their inner resources and har­ness an aware­ness of obsta­cles pre­vent­ing them from expe­ri­enc­ing the well­be­ing and qual­i­ty of life they desire. By sup­port­ing the client to make an inde­pen­dent and informed choice regard­ing their avail­able solu­tions, the client is empow­ered and self-direct­ed in com­ing to terms with their past and cre­at­ing a more sat­is­fy­ing here and now experience.

My approach to coun­selling and psy­chother­a­py is holis­tic, human­is­tic and adheres to Roger­ian val­ues. Carl Rogers devel­oped Client Cen­tered ther­a­py in the 1940’s and 1950’s and believed a col­lab­o­ra­tive and non-direc­tive ther­a­peu­tic approach could facil­i­tate growth and heal­ing with­in the client. Rogers iden­ti­fied the rela­tion­ship between client and ther­a­pist as being a vital aspect of suc­cess­ful ther­a­py. “…Rogers made it clear that the client was the cen­ter of the ther­a­peu­tic process and fur­ther­more it was the client who had the final say as to whether the ‘ther­a­pist-pro­vid­ed con­di­tions’ were actu­al­ly pro­vid­ed, as apposed to being assumed by the ther­a­pist” (Sanders, 2006, p. 76). I appre­ci­ate Rogers respect­ed the client as expert of their own life and endeav­oured to explore their issues, rather than make assumptions.