Denise Stokes
B.A., M.Sc. Couns. Psych.
| Through my experience of working with adolescents and adults within the HSE and counselling centres on a number of psychological issues, I believe that it takes courage and insight for people to attend counselling. Therefore, I feel that it is essential for clients to have a warm, safe, non-judgemental and confidential place in which to discover and change aspects of themselves and their situation.
I work by integrating models of humanistic, psychodynamic, emotion focused/experiential, cognitive behavioral, and solution focused therapies. I usually contract with clients for 6-8 sessions; however these sessions may increase depending on the clients needs. I feel that it is important to tailor approaches and to collaborate with clients in order to suit their different aims and needs for therapy. It is by working in this client-therapist relationship whereby I feel that real change can come about.
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