Many come to therapy with a sense of crisis around a particular situation and require brief supportive therapy.

Many come to therapy with a sense of crisis around a very particular situation. Brief supportive therapy is available for these situations. Often we can be well-organised with the ability to deal with daily demands, but a sudden crisis might demand a response for which we have no coping mechanism.

Unexpected promotions and sudden increases in workload; complex management issues and workplace conflicts; the loss of significant others or the need to reinvigorate a relationship - all can challenge our traditional ways of coping. Sadness, depression and anxiety can result. Our defensiveness and anxiety often rise to a level where we find we are unable to function as effectively as usual. We become, in a word, ‘disorganised'.

Therapy in these situations is generally 1-3 months, sometimes at a higher frequency per week. It is supportive and directed towards identified outcomes, and helping you apply the skills and organisation you already possess to a new and challenging problem.

For some, difficulties are experienced at a deeper level – a lack of confidence at work; performance difficulty in sexual pursuits; addictions or an inability to maintain relationships.

Our approach to these situations is focussed - for the resolution of specific issues. Invariably, other issues emerge along the way. These aren't dismissed, but are put to one side. At the right time we can agree to come back to these newer insights, seeking additional resolution for those issues and uncertainties that drive our current feelings and behaviours. The answers are within you and, in our experience, finding the meaningful connections takes more than several months, continuing until your confidence and a new balance is achieved.

Part of learning about ourselves is identifying how our current responses to situations can disrupt us. Examples include: an inability to say ‘no' to people coupled with a sense that everyone is failing you. These responses cause us to act in specific ways.

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