Psychotherapy or counselling?

Psychotherapy is primarily a relational process that focuses on providing a safe, non-judgemental space for clients to explore their relationship to themselves, others and the world around them.
A space that allows the individual to identify, acknowledge and explore aspects of themselves that they may previously been unaware of, and highlight unconscious self-sabotaging beliefs. It is also a safe space to express and process difficult emotions, grief, and related trauma that may have been held in the system.
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Psychotherapy differs from counselling in that it tends to be longer-term work, and often involves exploration of early relationship patterns that may still be having an impact in the present. 
The process facilitates new-found awareness and self-acceptance, and with this, individuals can move forward with a recovered sense of self-worthhere to edit.


Philippa Aspey - Psychotherapist