ALVENA HANSON BA, Diploma Counselling

I work one-to-one and with couples. I believe in the importance of building a relationship with the client(s) based on trust, respect and openness.

Life is not easy! Counselling is not about taking the easy way out – it is about engaging with, and addressing our difficulties and challenging ourselves to become stronger, and so enjoy a more satisfying life.

In an increasingly complex world people need to see their own difficulties in relation to the overall contradictions and dilemmas that beset human living - to make sense of themselves within their own context. I work to encourage clients to seek out their own sources of coping to live a fulfilling and purposeful life.

We all “interpret” the world based on our own subjective view of it based on our past experiences and current influences, and see my role as assisting the client in exploring their relationship with the world, their self and others.

I aim to promote awareness for the client on both a cognitive and emotional front to enable resolution of issues, and the capacity within the client to gain meaning, and to deal with life and its problems and uncertainties in the future.

I adhere to the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy Code of Ethics