Manchester based professional psychotherapist and NLP master practitioner
What
is Psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy
is the treatment of emotional and behavioural problems by psychological
techniques designed to encourage communication of conflicts and insight
into problems, with the goal being relief of symptoms, changes in behavior
leading to improved social and vocational functioning, and personality
growth. A psychotherapist helps people understand their problems from
a new perspective by offering an objective point of view and new ways
of thinking about and responding to problems. Going through the therapy
process changes people's feelings about themselves and their situations,
and they become happier, more self-confident, and more effective in dealing
with life's stresses.
Psychotherapy
is not just focused on problems, modern psychotherapy is also just as
useful as a way to help you to enhance and fine tune your existing positive
skills and empowering ways of thinking, so that you can become happier
and more successful.
Psychotherapy
occurs within a structured setting between a trained psychotherapist and
client(s). Psychotherapy may take place in individual, group, or family
sessions.
Because sensitive
topics are often discussed during psychotherapy, therapists are expected,
and legally bound, to respect client confidentiality.
Most forms
of psychotherapy use only spoken conversation (sometimes referred to as
talk therapy), though some can also use various forms of communication
and other approaches such as the written word, artwork, drama, narrative
story, the natural environment, music, biofeedback, hypnosis and physical
movement.
Ethical therapists
will maintain confidentiality, give clients clear information about policies,
fees, and what they can realistically expect from therapy. They are up-front
about their rationale and motivations and respond openly to any concerns
their clients have. An ethical therapist will not exagerate their abilities
or the outcomes of the therapy process, so be very wary of any therapist
who makes grand claims about themselves or their therapy, or offers guarantees
of cure.
How
Do I Know if I Would Benefit From Seeing a Psychotherapist?
We all experience
painful feelings at one time or another in our lifes. Many feelings such
as sadness, hopelessness, anxiety and stress naturally arise as part of
living life. For instance, it is quite normal to feel stress or anxiety
before an interview, presentation or exam. Where it becomes a problem
is when these feelings overwhelm you so much that it becomes hard for
you to function normally in your day to day life.
If you are
tearful, have trouble sleeping or eating, feeling overly fearful or anxious,
are drinking or using drugs excessively, fighting a lot with your spouse
or children, having trouble controlling your temper or getting along with
other people, then you should seriously consider seeing a therapist.
Some problems
are a reaction to stressful events in our life, such as losing a job,
financial difficulties, public speaking or getting divorced. Other problems
however, can be more chronic and exist even when we are not in a period
of extreme stress. These may be patterns of bad relationships, persistant
low mood, low self esteem or confidence, negative outlook, limiting self
belief, trouble holding onto jobs, and habitual difficulty getting along
with others. Psychotherapy can be very helpful with both short and long
term problems.
Click
here for a list of conditions that may Respond to Psychotherapy and
NLP
5
reasons why psychotherapy might be the right choice
Original
article posted on the
American
Psychological Association website
by Dr. Katherine Nordal
on September 24th,
2012
1.
You learn to work through your own problems.
Weve all heard the expression, Give a man fish, hell
eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, hell eat for a lifetime.
Thats the idea behind psychotherapy. Theres a lot that goes
into the process of psychotherapy. Psychotherapy takes time and work,
but as you progress along, you learn more effective ways to tackle problems
and solve difficult situations. And in the end, that means you have developed
skills and tools such as different ways of thinking, more effective coping
mechanisms, and improved problem-solving.
2. No one is taking a side, except to help you.
During psychotherapy, a psychotherapist listens to what you say without
judgment, no matter how embarrassing, shameful or frightening your thoughts
or feelings are to you. People often reveal things during psychotherapy
that are scary and very personal, and the fear of how others will respond
or react is normal. The role of the psychotherapist is to remain neutral,
to help you cope better with the troubling situation, and to work with
you to find a good solution for your concerns.
3. Your secrets are safe.
Whatever you tell a psychotherapist during psychotherapy is confidential
and private. Ethics codes and licensing laws require that psychotherapists
remain silent about what is discussed or shared during psychotherapy,
unless you or someone elses life is in danger. You need to give
written permission even if your psychotherapist wants to discuss your
case with your physician. Confidentiality is sacred!
4. Long-term value cant be beat.
Compared to the use of medication alone, which may seem like a more cost-effective
option in the short term, research has shown that the benefits of psychotherapy
extend to your physical health as well, often resulting in better physical
health and lowering of your overall health costs over time.
5. Psychotherapy works!
Multiple studies show that for many conditions and concerns, psychotherapy
works, and it works well. People with mild-to-moderate depression begin
to feel better after just a few sessions. Some countries are even requiring
psychotherapy as the first line of treatment for anxiety and depression.
The research is still growing, and more good news about how psychotherapy
helps is expected.
Too many people avoid
treatment for common conditions like depression and anxiety. They may
be burdened by chronic stress that is getting in the way of good sleep,
healthy eating and quality relationships. Physical well-being may also
suffer. So getting help, even if only from medication, is a step. But
it may not be the best first step. And it shouldnt be the only step.
If you, or someone you know, is ready to start on the road to better health,
consider psychotherapy its more than a quick fix! It has
staying power.
Link to original article on yourmindyourbody.org - 5
Reasons you should choose psychotherapy
Whats
the difference between psychotherapy and counselling?
"Psychotherapy"
and "counselling" are terms that are often used interchangeably.
Technically speaking, "counsellor" means "advisor".
It is a term that is used in conjunction with many types of advice giving.
Just about anyone at all may claim to be a counsellor if they are in the
role of giving advice. The term counselling may also properly be used
to refer to what occurs in a relationship with a psychotherapist.
In the context
of mental health, counselling is generally used to denote a treatment
that offers a sympathetic listening ear, ventilation of feelings and suggestions
and advice for dealing with a particular symptom or problematic situation.
Psychotherapy on the other hand also focuses more on gaining a deeper
insight into chronic emotional and physical problems. It's focus is on
helping the client change deeper thought processes and ways of being in
the world. Cawley (1977) classifies counselling as Level 1 - Outer
level, Relief and Support, and psychotherapy as Level 3 to 4 - Deeper
level, Exploration and Change.
In actual
practice there may be quite a bit of overlap between counselling and psychotherapy.
Generally speaking, however, psychotherapy requires much longer training
and skill than simple counselling. It is conducted by professionals trained
to practice psychotherapy. While a psychotherapist is qualified to provide
counselling, a counsellor may or may not possess the necessary training
and skills to provide psychotherapy.
Cawley, R.H. (1977) 'The teaching of psychotherapy', Association
of University Teachers of Psychiatry Newsletter January: 19-36.
Contemporary
Psychotherapy
The word
con-tempo-rary means literally with time or moving
in time.
Contemporary
Psychotherapy is a solution-focused integrative approach to psychotherapy
that combines ideas from some of the most successful aspects of many forms
of psychotherapy to produce an approach which continually evolves by including
the latest advances in its own and other fields of knowledge. It is both
highly effective and often much more rapid than more traditional forms
of psychotherapy and counselling.
A number
of the defining features of Contemporary Psychotherapy:
- it is
aware of and responds to current advances in its own and other fields
of knowledge;
- it is
sensitive to current sociological, cultural and political issues;
- it works
with the full life trajectory - past, present and future - of the client;
- it responds
flexibly to different stages and cycles in the clients progress;
- it utilises
the naturally occuring cycles and altered states of the human system;
- it recognises
the differing time requirements and time constraints affecting the treatment
of each client.
Location
I
practice from a consulting room in my home located in Chorlton
in South Manchester, close
to junction 7 & 8 of the M60 and near the end of the M56. Within easy
travelling distance of areas in Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire
and Derbyshire.
I
am also a consultant at the On Harley Street clinic at 1 Harley
Street, London.
Booking
a Consultation
I
offer an Initial Consultation/Assessment Session. This gives us
the chance to discuss your problems further, answer any questions you
might have and give you an estimate of the number of sessions you may
require.
My
services can be combined and tailored to your individual or company needs,
and range from one to one private therapy or coaching sessions through
to group training and workshops.
When
you are committed to making the inner changes you need,
to achieve the life you want, simply phone me on 0161 881 4333 or
to make an appointment now.
Nigel
Magowan
BSc(Hons)
UKCP(CIT) DABCH MCAHyp GHR SQHP MHA AMPM
Solution-Focused Integrative Psychotherapist, Life Coach, Licensed NLP
Master Practitioner, Ecotherapist, Accredited Supervisor and Advanced
Hypnotherapist
About
Nigel Magowan
Nigel
Magowan is a professional and experienced Solution-Focused Integrative
Psychotherapist, Life Coach, a Licensed NLP Master Practitioner,
an Advanced Hypnotherapist and Ecotherapist. Nigel has trained
with some of the best trainers. He combines all his training, skills and
experience to produce a treatment that is tailored to your exact needs.
He uses
an integrative solution focused approach to his work which can bring about
results in a much shorter time. He has also received additional
specialist training in working with addictions, anger management, treating
IBS, controlling pain, stress management techniques, and ecotherapy. Nigel
is also a fully trained and accredited supervisor and offers supervision
to complementary therapists.
Nigel holds
a recent enhanced CRB certificate.
Since
2002 he has had his own busy full-time Psychotherapy, Counselling,
Life Coaching, NLP and Hypnotherapy practice in Chorlton-cum-Hardy,
South Manchester,
and Harley Street, London.
Within easy traveling distance of Altrincham,
Ashton, Bolton,
Buxton, Didsbury,
Fallowfield, Gatley,
Glossop, Hyde,
Knutsford, Macclesfield,
Manchester City Centre, Oldham,
Preston, Rochdale, Sale,
Stretford, Wilmslow,
Withington and other
towns in Lancashire,
Cheshire, Derbyshire
and the Greater Manchester
and the North West area.
He
specialises in helping people with anxiety, panic attacks, stress
management, addictions, IBS, anger, depression, pain control, confidence
and self esteem, insomnia, public speaking and performance anxiety, fears,
phobias, smoking cessation, weight loss, and study and sport performance
enhancement.
He
is a a UKCP Candidate in Training; a full member of the Community for
Contemporary Psychotherapy; a senior member of the General Hypnotherapy
Register, a full member of the Hypnotherapy Association; an Approved Anxiety
UK Therapist; a Professional Member of the Association for Neuro-Linguistic
Programming (ANLP); the NHS Directory of Complementary & Alternative
Practitioners; the UK Register of IBS Therapists;
the National Register of Practitioners in Smoking Cessation
He
practices according to the Community
for Contemporary Psychotherapy, General
Hypnotherapy Standards Council,
ANLP and Hypnotherapy Associations code of ethics, and has full Professional
Indemnity Insurance.
Qualifications,
Training and CPD
Diploma
in Contemporary Psychotherapy
Beeleaf
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy,
London
Comparative
Psychotherapy and Clinical Practice
Beeleaf
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy,
London
Intermediate
Certificate in Contemporary Psychotherapy
Beeleaf Institute for
Contemporary Psychotherapy, London
Master
Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Beeleaf Institute for
Contemporary Psychotherapy, London
Licensed
Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Paul McKenna Training, London
Richard Bandler, Paul McKenna, Michael Breen
Diploma
in Advanced Hypnotherapy and HypnoHealing
Atkinson-Ball College of Hypnotherapy and Hypnohealing, Liverpool
Clinical
Practice: Psychopathology in Pychotherapeutic Practice
Beeleaf Institute for
Contemporary Psychotherapy, London
Human
Development and Sexuality
Beeleaf Institute for
Contemporary Psychotherapy, London
Wider
Mind: Ericksonian Psychotherapy in Practice
Beeleaf Institute for
Contemporary Psychotherapy, London
Certificate in Working Successfully with Addictions
Beeleaf Institute for
Contemporary Psychotherapy, London
NLP Coaching Diploma
Frank Daniels Associates, Nottingham
Diploma in the Art and Science of NLP Coaching
Frank Daniels Associates, Nottingham
Certified Practitioner of NLP
The Washington School of Clinical and Advanced Hypnosis, Manchester
Shaun Brookhouse
Certificate
in Ethical Practice
Beeleaf Institute for
Contemporary Psychotherapy, London London
Certificate in Stress Management Techniques
Certificate in Hypnoesitherapy
Diploma in Hypnotherapy
Accredited
Supervisor Certificate
Accredited
by the National Council of Psychotherapists(NCP) and the General Hypnotherapy
Register(GHR)
Mindworks
Therapy Training, Nottingham
The
Angry Gestalt
Manchester Gestalt Centre, Manchester
TA101
(Transactional Analysis)
Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy, Manchester
Continuing
Professional Development
Current and
on-going training and supervision, keeping my skills fresh and at the
cutting edge
Professional
Bodies
Full Member of the Community for Contemporary Psychotherapy (MCCP)
Accredited Master Practitioner Member of ANLP International
UKCP Candidate in Training
Member of Counselling and Psychotherapy Outdoors (CAPO)
Senior Member of the General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR)
Full Member of the Hypnotherapy Association
Member of the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council
(CNHC)
Member of the Corporation of Advanced Hypnotherapy
Member of the NHS Directory of Complementary & Alternative Practitioners
Accredited Therapist Member of Anxiety UK
Member of the UK Register of IBS Therapists
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take some time to browse the other pages on this website:
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What
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Some
of the conditions that respond well to psychotherapy and NLP
which can be treated at the Manchester office
Questions
and Answers about Psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, NLP
and stress management
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Psychotherapy and NLP to quickly overcome Fears and
Phobias
Using
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practice in Manchester
Links
to sites related to psychotherapy, hypnosis, hypnotherapy,
NLP and Manchester
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Street London - What is psychotherapy?
Feel
free to contact me if you have any questions.
Clients
come to me from all over the North West of England, see below for a list
of areas covered:
Greater
Manchester: Chorlton ~ Didsbury ~ Fallowfield ~ Flixton ~ Eccles ~
Irlam ~ Salford ~ Swinton ~ Pendlebury ~ Worsley ~ Walkden ~ Cadishead
~ Bury ~ Bolton ~ Farnworth ~ Little Lever ~ Kearsley ~ Wardley ~ Monton
~ Orrel ~ Barton ~ Boothstown ~ Dumplington ~ Baguley ~ Benchill ~ Burnage
~ Blackley ~ Beswick ~ Clayton ~ Crumpsall ~ Levenshulme ~ Longsight ~
Northenden ~ Rusholme ~ Sharston ~ Withington ~ Woodhouse Park ~ Wythenshawe
~ Westhoughton ~ Blackrod ~ Kearsley ~ Horwich ~ Prestwich ~ Ramsbottom
~ Radcliffe ~ Tottington ~ Whitefield ~ Whalley Range ~ Carrington ~ Victoria
Park ~ Old Trafford ~ Cheetham Hill ~ Tamesdie ~ Ashton under Lyme ~ Denton
~ Reddish ~ Stalybridge ~ Hyde ~ Oldham ~ Royton ~ Saddleworth ~ Rochdale
~ Heywood ~ Littleborough ~ Castleton ~ Milnrow ~ Middleton ~ Wardle ~
Wigan ~ Ashton-in-Makerfield ~ Golborne ~ Billinge ~ Winstanley ~ Leigh
~ Standish.
North
Trafford: Davyhulme ~ Firswood ~ Flixton ~ Gorse Hill ~ Lostock ~
Old Trafford ~ Stretford ~ Trafford Park ~ Urmston.
South
Trafford: Altrincham ~ Ashton-on-Mersey ~ Bowdon ~ Broadheath ~ Brooklands
~ Carrington ~ Dunham Massey ~ Hale ~ Hale Barns ~ Oldfield Brow ~ Partington
~ Sale ~ Sale Moor ~ Timperley ~ Warburton ~ West Timperley.
Stockport:
Adswood ~ Bramhall ~ Bredbury ~ Brinnington ~ Cheadle ~ Cheadle Hulme
~ Compstall ~ Davenport ~ Edgeley ~ Gatley ~ Heaton Moor ~ Heaton Norris
~ Heaton Chapel ~ Heaton Mersey ~ Hazel Grove ~ Heald Green ~ Heavily
~ High Lane ~ Marple ~ Offerton ~ Poynton ~ Reddish ~ Romiley.
Cheshire:
Alderley Edge ~ Adlington ~ Ashley ~ Bucklow Hill ~ Handforth Dean ~ High
Legh ~ Knutsford ~ Mere ~ Mobberley ~ Ollerton ~ Plumley ~ Tatton ~ Pickmere
~ Wilmslow ~ Warburton ~ Woodford ~ Lymm ~ Dunham ~ Massey ~ Chester ~
Crewe ~ Northwich ~ Daresbury ~ Warington ~ Winsford ~ Widnes ~ Wirral
~ Nantwich ~ Sandbach ~ Middlewich ~ Congleton ~ Alsager ~ Macclesfield
~ Prestbury ~ Goostrey ~ Pickmere ~ Mottram St.Andrew ~ Mobberley ~ Chelford
~ Tytherington ~ Bollington ~ Alsager ~ Tarporley ~ Davenham ~ Great Appleton
Thorn ~ Budworth ~ Little Budworth ~ Frodsham ~ Holmes Chape ~ High Legh
~ Disley ~ Grappenhall ~ Appleton ~ Croft ~ Thelwall ~ Penketh ~ Glazebury
~ Winwick ~ Culcheth ~ Saint Helens ~ Over Peover ~ Lower Peover ~ Church
Lawton ~ Cranage ~ Stockton Heath.
Cumbria
~ Lancashire ~ Merseyside ~ Derbyshire ~ Staffordshire ~ Peak District
~ North Wales ~ North West.
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you are looking for a psychotherapist in the UK outside of the above areas
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