Both counselling and psychotherapy offer a safe, confidential space to talk and be heard. While they are closely related, they differ in focus and depth.
Counselling focuses on what’s happening in your life right now. It is often short term over a couple of weeks. The purpose is to help you feel supported and better able to manage a specific situation.
Counselling
Psychotherapy offers a space to explore deeper or longer-standing emotional patterns, including how the past experiences may be affecting you in the present. The purpose is to develop a deeper understanding of self and create meaningful, lasting change.
Pyscotherapy
Hi I’m Alice. I offer a safe and confidential space for short term and long term counselling and psychotherapy in Fort William. I hold a Diploma in Counselling using Transactional Analysis and I am a trainee Psychotherapist.
Outdoor Therapy
I use the practice of Transactional Analysis during our sessions.
Transactional Analysis (TA) is a psychological theory and practical framework for understanding human behavior, communication, and relationships. It was developed in the 1950s by psychiatrist Eric Berne.
At its core, TA looks at how people interact (“transactions”) and why certain communication patterns succeed or fail.
Transactional Analysis (TA) is grounded in the following core assumptions:
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People are inherently OK, valuable, and worthy of respect.
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People have the capacity to think, reflect, and make decisions about their lives.
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People can decide their own destiny.
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People can change their minds about decisions they have made. Decisions can be changed.
TA emphasizes personal responsibility, autonomy, and choice, while recognizing the influence of past experiences. Healthy psychological functioning is seen as emerging through clear, honest relationships and effective communication in the here and now. My aim is to facilitate change through awareness, co-creative space, and a transparent, genuine relationship, to support you to live with greater awareness, spontaneity, and intimacy.
Sessions are usually weekly and for 1 hour. Sessions are available online via Zoom, in-person or outdoors.
At times I hold a few spaces available at a reduced price, in recognition of different economic status. Please feel free to ask.
One to One for individuals
Price: £50