Jane Allighan
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About me
I’m a relational gestalt psychotherapist and I offer a resolutely safe and grounded space, for us to explore your experiences, so that you can make sense of how life has been for you and how you might want to live going forwards.
Mental and emotional distress is a completely understandable response to difficult life events and people choose to engage in therapy, for all sorts of different reasons:
It might be, that you hid parts of yourself when you were very young, in order to survive, and those parts are yearning not to be squashed anymore?
Or does every day feel the same for you - like the film Groundhog Day and you don’t know how to break that pattern, in order to live more freely?
Perhaps there's a tension, between pleasing your family and friends and making yourself happy?
Or did something happen that hurt so much, that you just can’t go a day without feeling pain and to sit down and talk about that, might feel a little less lonely and a whole lot lighter?
Or, of course - it could be something entirely different…
No matter what, together we can discover how things are for you, what you want to change or leave behind, who you truthfully are and who you long to become. By accompanying you, as you unravel what can sometimes feel like a big ball of knots, we can nourish and cultivate your own unique self-awareness and deeply innate wisdom, in order for you to understand the mysteries of who you are.
We might do this by talking and focusing on your awareness of your breathing rhythms and physical sensations. Or, by writing or drawing something that feels important to you. We might experiment with imagining or chair work or looking at your family constellation patterns or sand tray play. Or, we could take a walk together in nature, as a place of connecting and belonging - all of these, co-created, of-the-moment potentials, emerging in service to you welcoming home, understanding and giving worth to - your very own, most singular and quite beautiful, individual soul.
The sessions that I offer are one-off, short or long term, both in person and online. My practice rooms are based at The Shaw Therapy Center, in Oldham, OL2 8PH and you can see what they're like and whether you'd feel comfortable there, here: https://shawtherapycentre.co.uk/. In the meantime, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy [BACP], describes what some Gestalt therapy sessions can be like: https://www.bacp.co.uk/about-therapy/types-of-therapy/gestalt/.
Training, qualifications & experience
I'm a fully qualified Gestalt Psychotherapist, registered with UKCP. Whilst working in the NHS, I trained academically and experientially to masters level, at Manchester Gestalt Center and Scarborough Counselling and Psychotherapy Training Institute. I engage in regular supervision and therapy, both of which are requirements of my profession and I hold an Enhanced DBS.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Spiritual and existential issues.
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Additional information
If you sense that I might be the right person to provide support to you at this particular time in your life, you’re very welcome to contact me for a chat, to see if you feel that you can work well with me and whether I feel that I can work well with you. Alternatively, please feel free to email me.
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