{"id":57,"date":"2023-06-21T13:43:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T13:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louisecallf.co.uk\/counsellingwithcatherine\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2023-07-09T15:22:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T15:22:17","slug":"my-approach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.counsellingwithcatherine.co.uk\/index.php\/my-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"My approach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle\"  id=\"row-68254946\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1873901648\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h1><span data-text-color=\"success\">My approach<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>My training and experience have continued to show me the importance of empathy, and giving people the space and time, they need to be actively listened to.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes this will be a person&#8217;s first real experience of this. The first time someone has asked, how did you feel about that? We take everything at your own pace. You only talk about what you want to, and we take it from there.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m here to hold the space for you. It&#8217;s your space.<\/p>\n<p>I provide an environment for you to explore your thoughts, ideas and experiences, and support you to get to where you want to be.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1690369248\" class=\"col hide-for-small medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1854864910\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.counsellingwithcatherine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Counselling_brain.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.counsellingwithcatherine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Counselling_brain.png 988w, https:\/\/www.counsellingwithcatherine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Counselling_brain-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/www.counsellingwithcatherine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Counselling_brain-768x621.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1854864910 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<style>\n#row-68254946 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 50px 30px 0px 30px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #row-68254946 > .col > .col-inner {\n    padding: 50px 0px 0px 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1124637125\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_575758567\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2444\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.counsellingwithcatherine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Counselling_bubble_background-green.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.counsellingwithcatherine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Counselling_bubble_background-green.png 2444w, https:\/\/www.counsellingwithcatherine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Counselling_bubble_background-green-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/www.counsellingwithcatherine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Counselling_bubble_background-green-1024x181.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.counsellingwithcatherine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Counselling_bubble_background-green-768x135.png 768w, https:\/\/www.counsellingwithcatherine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Counselling_bubble_background-green-1536x271.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.counsellingwithcatherine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Counselling_bubble_background-green-2048x361.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2444px) 100vw, 2444px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_575758567 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1124637125 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  margin-bottom: 0px;\n  min-height: 60px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1124637125 {\n    min-height: 100px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_1457740805\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-1066157418\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1479594211\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2>Only human<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1479594211 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 40px 0px 0px 0px;\n  margin: 20px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-1479594211 > .col-inner {\n    margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-451260425\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>I will always remain objective and accepting: living beings are full of nuances and shaped by lived experiences. My psychology degree, years of experience in social work, and my counselling, has certainly only ever reinforced that. I&#8217;m interested in people, so-called flaws and all. No judgement here.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-451260425 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1457740805 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  margin-bottom: 0px;\n  min-height: 100px;\n  background-color: rgb(54, 169, 68);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1457740805 {\n    min-height: 50px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_847035506\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-1160189553\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-170478140\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2>Brains are built for change<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-170478140 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n  margin: 20px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-170478140 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 40px 0px 0px 0px;\n    margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1435355415\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Who we are is an interaction between the genes we were born with and all the experiences we&#8217;ve ever been through. It&#8217;s a mix and nothing is 100% predetermined. The really good news is that our brains are always interacting with the environment, always learning, always adapting, and thanks to neuroplasticity, our brain can rewire and forge new pathways based on new information \u2014 you can literally change your brain. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not saying it is simple, or easy, but as Glennon Doyle says: &#8220;We can do hard things&#8221;.<br>\n(Side note: new things are hard at first, because that&#8217;s your brain forging a new path that it hasn&#8217;t been down before, it takes effort, it isn&#8217;t the well-trodden easy route &#8230; yet!)<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1435355415 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_847035506 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  margin-bottom: 0px;\n  min-height: 80px;\n  background-color: rgb(120, 69, 148);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_847035506 {\n    min-height: 50px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_1587853462\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-677336803\" class=\"gap-element clearfix hide-for-small\" style=\"display:block; 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