Rob van Tol
BA(Hons), PG Dip Ed, PG Dip Psychotherapy

What I Offer

I am a psychotherapeutic counsellor, which means I straddle the gulf between long-term major personal change, and short-term problem-solving work. I work:

• One-to-one short-term to solve specific problems
• One-to-one long-term to bring major personal change & development
• With couples, to either:
• Let you relate to each other better together
• Bring you back from the brink of separation, if possible
• Allow you to separate on good - or better - terms
• With young adults to help bring stability at a time of great change

Working Style

I like to start with working out what you good at and what you're not. Then support and increase what you're good at, and notice any gaps in how you look after yourself. 

This leaves you better supported to start tackling the things you're not good at, or things you do that don't help. I work with you to track down why you do the things you do. 

Together, we work out how things you don't like, or don't help you, are actually trying (in unsuccessful way) to look after you. Once you understand how the problems in your life are actually trying to help you, it is much easier to adapt and change them into ways that truly benefit you.

This can often feel like a terrible muddle, but I help you, gently, to clarify things, so that you can take control and sort your life the way you want it to be sorted.

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