www.psy-joybraddock.fr

ASAPT
Association de l'Aide Psychologique et Thérapeutique
13 rue Tabouret 76000 ROUEN
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WHY COUNSELLING?

• Struggling with one or more of the following may lead some into counselling :
  depression; anxiety; conflict; addiction; trauma; loss ….

• For others, the reason may seem less clear, linked to a general sense of unease
  with oneself and in one’s relationships. However, whatever the motive, undertaking counselling is finally a very personal decision.

WHAT SORT OF COUNSELLING?
In a quiet and comfortable setting, I seek to enable a person to express their difficulty and/or pain. Depending on their needs and personality, the NUMBER and FREQUENCE of sessions will vary:
   - For some, a few sessions may relieve a difficulty, or help to alleviate suffering.
   - For others, a longer counselling process is appropriate, in which my APPROACH will integrate the following aspects :

• Clarifying the presenting issues and needs.

• Understanding these within the global context of a person’s life- past and present
  alongside their specific family/couple system and cultural context.

• Reflecting analytically on the dynamics of the person’s inner and external relationships, which may have become a source of internal and external conflict and unease.

• Encouraging a person’s capacity to integrate adjustment and growth; respecting also
  that same person’s paradoxes, limits and areas of vulnerability.

WHICH COUNSELLOR?
Counselling and psychotherapy is, over and above any technique, based on a relationship of confidence and collaboration. It is therefore important that one should feel secure with the competence, attentiveness and respect of the practitioner.

• Trained and qualified in Clinical Psychopathology, I seek to nuance my diagnosis and intervention according to a person’s symptoms and personality, whilst respecting that a person can never be reduced or captured by a theoretical definition.

• I abide by the ‘Charte de Qualité’ of www.analyse-tridimensionnelle.com, with whom I am trained and qualified as a counsellor, and by the ‘Déontologie’ of www.psy-en-mouvement.com, the federation of which I am a member.

• I seek to maintain a coherent and professional practice through my ongoing theoretical training, personal didactic analytical therapy and supervision .

FEES?
The fees are set by ASAPT, ‘Association d’Aide Psychologique et Therapeutique’, with whom I work. There is an initial one off administrative contribution of 15 euros.