Pat Russell Psychotherapy & Hypnotherapy

WELCOME

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I offer PSYCHOTHERAPY, LIFE COACHING and directed HYPNOTHERAPY.

The majority of my professional time is working in the private sector with personal and professional adjustment problems, anxiety, depression and distress. Also with people who want to confidentially explore and expand their personal potential in relationships, professionally, in life. As a Health Psychologist/Psychotherapist I worked part-time (until December 2005 when funding ceased) in Cancer Services, St Richard's Hospital, Chichester.

Clients mainly come from Hampshire and West Sussex - Portsmouth, Havant, Emsworth, Chichester, Midhurst, Bognor Regis to Arundel and from as far as Brighton and London. A high percentage of clients are by personal recommendation from people I've worked with in the past.

I hope you will find something on this site which will interest you, at the very least to know you are not alone in experiencing what can be disturbing or frightening feelings.


DEPRESSION | | ANXIETY | | PHOBIAS | | PANIC | | SMOKING

I have worked for several years with people suffering from the trauma of life, of change, of relationships, of feelings and behaviours they don't understand - Loss, Depression, Chronic anxiety, Panic attacks, Phobias, PTSD, Insomnia, Physical Change. People sometimes feel low or anxious, frightened or confused by what is happening around them, anxious how to respond to others, how to stop a certain behaviour, how to perform better in their personal or work circumstances.

We work very interactively to find resolution. There is always an emotional logic for a behaviour to have begun - no matter how disabling or painful it is at present, no matter how unlikely that seems when we begin.

Without the client noticing the 'joins' I use pertinent knowledge from seven years training as a psychologist, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist: solution-focused methods, cognitive-behavioural therapy, coaching, counselling and hypnotherapy.



PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR THERAPIST WISELY
Surgeons, engineers, sportsmen all specialise - and so do counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, hypnotherapists. We have areas of expertise and use a wide range of methods. Some methods will be more productive for you than others and it is important that you 'interview' therapists.

Also - please note - as hypnotherapy is not yet professionally regulated (despite a large number of non-regulated associations), there are many individuals with as little as a weekend of 'training' who charge exhorbitant session fees. This can be emotionally harmful and likely a waste of money! Ask questions so you approach therapy with comfort and confidence. If a hypnotherapist is not forthcoming regarding the length of their training and experience, try elsewhere.


So please, find a therapist who -

• you feel very comfortable with and trust
  
• has a pertinent history and serious professional training
  
• demonstrates understanding
  
• grasps his/her professional responsibility to work actively
  
• challenges and stretches your understanding - it's not meant to be emotionally comfortable every moment, but it must be safe

Otherwise, it is like taking antacid for a broken leg – annoying, painful, expensive and not altogether effective.


SESSION INFORMATION
If the client's objective includes hypnotherapy, the first session is 1.5 hours (£75) and thereafter one hour (£55). Concessions are given to students, to professional trainees in psychotherapy/ counselling/ hypnotherapy undertaking their required session hours and for professional supervision.

Professional Stress, flight or presentation Phobias, Panic attacks can be addressed so there is resolution in a very few sessions, perhaps as little as two, three or four. Some difficulties involving a deeper self-knowledge take longer.

"Stop Smoking" is undertaken in one extended session.