Beginning, middle, and end. That’s how we’re taught to tell stories.
Therapy is the story of two people coming together to relate, to learn, and to affect change.
So, like other stories, therapy follows a beginning, a middle, and an end.
In the beginning, we relate. I listen to your story. I find out what it is to be you, how you think, what you do, what you feel, how you relate to yourself, other people, and the world, what beliefs you hold about yourself, and how you became you.
In the middle, we learn. I give you information and tools, and you learn how to implement them in your life. The information (aka ‘psycho-education’) provides you with knowledge of how we work as humans, how the belief systems form, the common unhelpful thinking habits we are prone to, and how our emotions appear in the body. The tools are more practical, they involve worksheets as guidance and behavioural changes to test out. We go over them in session and then you can test them out in your life.
In the end, we affect change. We reflect on what’s been achieved, we consider possible future setbacks, and we think about how you’d respond. At this stage, you’ll have the information and knowledge, as well as the confidence, to use in your life.
And finally we say goodbye, safe in the knowledge that we can return to this story at any time in the future.
Therapy with Kirsty 