Counselling
Practitioners: Paola St George
Paola St George has worked as a counsellor in Brighton since 1995, when she first qualified with a Counselling Diploma from the UK training College, based at St Charles Hospital in London. Paola recently gained a BA (Hons) Degree in Humanistic Counselling from Chichester University.
Currently Paola works as a counsellor with both Threshold Mental Health initiative and Brighton Womens Centre, She also has a small practice at the Albion Clinic in Brighton.
From a theoretical perspective there are three different therapeutic approaches that most counsellors today express an affinity to. On the BACP website they are described as follows:
Psychodynamic approach;
stresses the importance of the unconscious and past experience in determining current behaviour. The therapist focuses on the client/therapist relationship and in particular on the transference. Transference is when the client projects onto the therapist feelings experienced in previous significant relationships.
Behavioural approach;
based on the belief that behaviour is learnt in response to past experience and can be unlearnt, or reconditioned, without analysing the past to find the reason for the behaviour.
The humanistic approach;
encourages people to explore their feelings and take responsibility for their thoughts and actions. Emphasis is on self-development and achieving highest potential rather than dysfunctional behaviour. The client's creative instincts may be used to explore and resolve personal issues (BACP Website)
As an integrative counsellor with a humanistic core. Paola works creatively with the client led by what the client wants to work on in order to overcome any issues or problems that might be blocking the client being happy.
Paola abides by the code of ethics laid down by the BACP code of ethics, this includes regular supervision which monitors and supports the therapeutic work she does.
For more information please contact Paula St George:
Tel: 07882 618364
Albion Clinic : 01273 628221
