Eleanor Butler

Name: Eleanor Butler
Address: Monmouth, NP25, GB
Telephone: +447904758817
Price range: £70.00 per session

MA Hons, PGDip (Couns)

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About me

I am formally trained in both the Psychodynamic and Person-Centred modalities and, through extensive post-qualification training, have developed an integrative approach that allows me to respond thoughtfully to the differing needs of the people I work with. My psychodynamic training has given me a strong theoretical framework, tested and deepened through years of practice and life. At the heart of my work, however, is the Person-Centred philosophy of Carl Rogers. Rogers understood that meaningful therapeutic change emerges through a genuine, human, person-to-person relationship. This has been consistently borne out in my experience, not only in my work as a therapist, supervisor and human being in the world, but also in my own experience of therapy as a client, which is an essential part of robust clinical training.

I believe that the people I work with know better than I do where it hurts. My work is in helping them to identify that hurt and learn to understand it.
My professional qualifications and background should reassure you that I have sufficient training, experience, and rigour to work safely, but human beings are profoundly unique in ways job titles are not. Although I have ticked some boxes below detailing some of the areas I have experience in, it may be useful to know that evidence consistently points to the ‘click’ between client and therapist as being a more important indicator of change than finding someone who has worked with a particular issue before.

It is important to find a therapist you feel comfortable talking to and it’s not always easy to do that. You may need to speak to a few different people and it’s always wise to trust your gut. If you would like to find out more about how I work, email me to arrange a free 30-minute telephone consultation.

Training, qualifications & experience

I began my training in 2005 at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, with an MA in Psychoanalytic Theory (with Infant Observation), before going on to train as a Person-Centred therapist for adults at The Metanoia Institute.

Alongside training, I worked full time as a therapeutic care worker in the Mildred Creak Unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital; a specialist child and adolescent psychiatric unit providing intensive intervention for children aged 7–10 with severe and complex psychological and emotional difficulties. I later worked in the housing sector, first coordinating a domestic violence refuge for women and children, and then managing a homeless hostel for young people. These roles grounded my clinical training in real-world settings and the experiences I had there continue to inform my work today.