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Feelbetter Counselling
Counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Hypnotherapy in South Woodford
- About Feelbetter Counselling
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I specialise in depression and the full range of anxieties. I will help you more reliably than will most counsellors and certainly the NHS - typically make a lasting difference quickly - in 4 sessions or less.
Over 85% of my clients feel better at the end of their treatment. This is a high number and should give you confidence. I am pretty well unique as a private therapist - to maintain such records.
I am trained in the Human Givens - which is proactive when needed, optimistic and commonsense. There is hard evidence that Human Givens works.
For depressions, anger management, addictions, anxiety, abuse, low self esteem, relationship issues, eating disorders, low self confidence, stress, panic disorder, OCD and personality disorders.
"Andrew is a person with a great knowledge of what you need and understands the horror of mental health problems." Louise
"He somehow took the pressure off me so I could relax and break this spell. I literally felt my depression lift." Michelle
"He explained that Human Givens was very effective and usually four sessions was all that was required, yeah right I thought. Well, I’m pleased to say Andrew was right." Sandy
"Andrew’s forthright, humane and independent manner provided strong support for taking on an innovative approach to achieving well-being" Scott
My Expectation for You
- That you have greater control of your emotions
- Experiencing the change and empowerment you crave
Depression
Anger
Anxieties,
Phobias,
Addictions (alcohol, cocaine, sex, gambling),
Stress
Self Confidence,
Relationships
Wellbeing and Life Coaching
- My training, work experience and any achievement
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I have been counselling since 2005 and have helped many people to feel better fast with proven results and relief for depression, anxiety, trauma, addictions
For thirty years I worked as a professional economist; for the government in the 1970s, then in the city and finally as a consultant financial economist. Some may consider this as the perfect training for counselling and psychotherapy. I am now into my early 60s.
I began my journey to this counselling practice at the beginning of the century. During this time, I meditated extensively and was exposed to and studied the Enneagram Personality Typing System. This culminated in intensive Human Givens training in 2001-2003.
My practice is based in my home in South Woodford, East London, E18 where I live with my partner and my young daughter. I am a father again, late in life and am enjoying watching Isabella grow with love, support and lots of attention.
- Concerns & issues I deal with
- Abuse, Addictions, Affairs, Agoraphobia, Alcohol Dependence, Anger Management, Anorexia Nervosa, Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD), Anxiety, Aspergers Syndrome, Assertiveness, Avoidant Personality, Disorder, Binge Eating Disorder (BED), Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Boredom, Bullying, Childhood Issues, Compulsive Behaviour, Couple Relationships, Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD), Depression, Dissociation, Drug Abuse, Eating Disorders, Erectile Dysfunction, Exhaustion, Family Problems, Fear, Gambling, Grief, Impotency, Impulse Control Disorders (ICD), Impulsive Behaviour, Internet Addiction, Isolation, Low Self Confidence, Low Self Esteem, Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Marriage (Marital Relations), Meaningless, Melancholia, Memory Problems, Midlife Crisis, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Negative Thoughts, Neurosis, Obsessions, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD), Pain Management, Panic Attacks, Panic Disorder, Paranoia, Perfectionism, Personal Growth, Personal Relationships, Personality Disorders (PD), Pet Bereavement, Phobias, Post Natal Depression (PND), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Psychosis, Rehabilitation, Relationship Problems, Repetitive Negative Patterns, Sadness, Schizophrenia, Self Harm, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Offences, Shame, Shyness, Sleep Disorders, Smoking Addiction, Social Phobia, Stress, Stress Management, Tiredness, Trauma, Unresolved Issues, Work Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Panic Attacks, Phobias, Stress, Emotional Abuse,
- Other concerns & issues I deal with
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Helping Depressed Clients
Depression is caused by excessive REM dreaming as the body attempts unsuccessfully to discharge high levels of worry and introspection. Dreaming is exhausting and explains why depressed people feel at their worst in the morning and by feeling so bad it is then easy to understand how a vicious cycle of depression can develop.
From this understanding, the relief of most depressions is not difficult in experienced hands. There are two steps:
1. Fire fighting to reduce arousal and rumination and so improve sleep and motivation
2. And then, doing whatever it takes to get essential needs better met. This in turn requires effective problem solving – setting the right goals, clearing emotional pattern matching that are not helping and challenging black and white thinking.
Helping Anxious patients
Virtually all anxious patients are attempting unsuccessfully to cope with still active trauma or threshold trauma, lurking somewhere in their past. It may be obvious or hidden. And we are not just talking of an awful abuse or accident, which can evolve into post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). For many, these uncontrollable emotions can follow from experiences linked to loss (of a loved one or cherished ambition), to bullying, to the experience of panic attacks, to humiliation, guilt and much more.
This trauma has to be relieved before any progress can be made. Based on Human Givens, I use a trance technique called Rewind. My experience is that it is normally effective in just one session of therapy and when successfully undertaken is the essential prelude to the relief of most anxieties – including social anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, agoraphobia and generalized anxieties.
- My Blog Posts
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- September 11 2012: Common Sense Help with Depression
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