Angela Hitchcock |  |
Profile
I use Human Givens therapy and Cognitive Behavioural therapy to work with people to relieve emotional distress, to enable them to feel mentally strong, able to set goals, alter expectations and realise desired outcomes in a short period of time.
My service helps you to live in the present and to look forward to the future whilst at the same time dealing with past issues. Using cognitive, behavioural, interpersonal and neural techniques I will remove the emotional distress from traumas and phobias and we will work together on replacing these negative issues in your life with a positive focus and creative use of your natural resources.
The brain puts an emotional tag onto things that happen to us, this can be positive or negative. For example if you think of a situation when you were extremely happy and really allow yourself to wallow in that moment, chances are that you will smile and these thoughts will induce a positive feeling in you, this is something worth hanging onto. However if you think back to an unhappy or frightening experience this may also change your state of being, this time to a more negative state and it may be more beneficial to eradicate this feeling.
The emotional tag can be removed by moving this memory from one part of the brain, the amygdala, to another more logical part of the brain, the frontal cortex. This process helps you to leave the pain of the past behind and to move on with your life.
Together we look at what changes you want or need and examine your lifestyle and any patterns you may have that could be contributing to your problems or dilemma. We look at trigger situations for issues and the way your thoughts, emotions and behaviour are interlinked and together we set new patterns into your neural pathways to effect positive change.
I approach each person as a unique individual and I focus therapy on enhancing people's strengths and developing their natural resources for sustainable change.
I will help you in any of the following areas;
Develop Emotional Well Being
Increase Self Esteem
Build Confidence
Manage Lifestyle Change
Overcome Trauma
Reduce Anxiety
Resolve Weight Issues
Defeat Depression
Manage Anger
Adjust Work / Life Balance
Increase Holistic Well Being By Effective Stress Management
Tackle Panic Attacks
Deal with Procrastination
Cope with Crisis of Identity / Purpose in Life
Manage Pain and Accelerate Healing
Training, Qualifications & Experience
Human Givens Diploma Post Graduate
Post Graduate Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
BA Batchelor of Arts in Approved Social Work Practice
Member of the Human Givens Institute
Member of the European Studies Institute
Psychological difficulties and indecision about direction in life depends on each person's 'story' of their life, what has happened to you and your perception or view of these events.
I have worked for the last 13 years in many different areas of psychological distress, ranging from mild anxiety and low self esteem through to depression, health issues, post traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, eating disorders, panic attacks and other varied issues.
Following treatment Mrs X wrote; Thank you very much Angela the sessions helped me cope with my anxiety. I was in the midst of a breakdown and you helped me change my way of thinking so I could rebalance my life.
Mr Z stated that his thinking was clearer after one session than it had been for 2 years.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Chaotic lifestyle and inability to adjust to other people's expectations.
Pain management and acceleration of healing.
Therapies Offered
Fees
£50.00 per session at my home in Barbrook
£58.00 per session in Barnstaple.
Home visits by arrangement.
Further Information
I have an enhanced CRB check from September 2009.
