Michael Watson

Michael at Shiva Shakti Well*Being offers the Humanistic counselling of three self transformational counselling philosophies of Person Centered, Transactional Analysis & Gestalt. The concepts and skills are tailored within the sessions and measured to suit the indivduals needs. The three therapies are not bookable individually they come as a set of skills and tools of your counselling. 

Person Centered Therapy (PC) allows the client to lead and steer every session to emotionally explore there mental and emotional landscape without judgement its my job to make that happen by creating a safe container of unconditional positive regard.

Transaction Analysis Therapy (TA) offers the client a understanding of there mental and emotional landscape using a theory based upon a Parent, Adult and Child (PAC) mapping. This theory helps the client to see how they presenting and how this plays out in every relational transaction even with self. It shines a light and gifts deeper awareness of how we are the way we are but transforms us as we work on these parts of self. This theory in the therapy room can be very revealing and helpful for those stuck in "Im not Ok" mindset.

Gestalt Therapy is very much about the now or "nowness". Powerful in its own right for getting more immediate with the stuck emotion or blocked senses of the whole self. Using interventions like the empty chair or no send letter invites the client to feel safe to enter into direct stuckness with that someone or something in the session. The counsellor takes on a role to offer that encounter that experience which for some reason can't happen in real time. It's very transformative and powerful and playful and very much for those clients who want to go into the somatic experience (body).    

*All sessions are 50 mins offered either face-to-face or remotely. Remote sessions are offered via Whats App video call or telephone*.

Further information will be discussed at your free 30 minute consultation - *No counselling will be offered unless you attend the consultation and receive your signed Shiva Shakti Well*Being working agreement. 

*Shiva Shakti Well Being offers a discounted rate which can be discussed within the consultation for those who have financial difficulties.

Please use the following link to book your free consultation today. Michael will endeavour to respond to any enquiry within 24 Hours.

Michael at Shiva Shakti Well*Being offers discounted rates for those whom can provide evidence of low income or financial hardship. *This can all be discussed in your free consultation.

As a humanistic counsellor, encouraging others to flourish and realise themselves sometimes involving expanding one's awareness beyond ego requires painful self examination and self criticism.  The truth is, it takes courage and trust in what you are revealing and from that comes belief. This belief grows inside of yourself session after session that you can change from your current stuckness of surviving, not living and just doing life. Into once again that feeling which was never lost "of your true Being-ness, that authentic self and that feeling of Aliveness .  

I truly believe we each receive gifts that enable us to live and we each can give these gifts back to others so we can all thrive. Love and care only live in the present and we need to cultivate our insight, deepening and widening self through self exploration to grow as human-beings.

I work in a pluralistic framework not only in my counselling room but most importantly within my own life. Through my own personal therapy journey it has become obvious that trying out new ways of life has expanded my awareness. Being with the feelings and emotions that come up in the present from the past and to the future do change once felt. 

I see the counselling journey as a tool to awaken your own inherent capabilities by taming the mind and opening up the seeing, feeling, tasting, hearing and touching (sensing) your true self maybe for the first time or maybe the first time for along time.

Whatever has brought you to this point, you're obviously still reading my words. So, you're either feeling something about my services or not. I want to say I personally believe successful therapy is purely built upon connection and it's crucial you feel that even though action goes further than words. So, If you have felt something even if it's curiosity I invite you to book a free consultation to find out if your feelings were right or wrong and then maybe make that next step closer to getting help with whatever your needs maybe. I look forward to serving you in the counselling room.