Denise Fitzmaurice Offering TA Transactional Analysis psychotherapy and counselling services in Halifax and Brighouse West Yorkshire Contact: denise@halifax-psychotherapy.co.uk Telephone: 07957329280

Denise is currently in advanced TA psychotherapy training, having being in practice offering psychotherapy for 6 years.

Having over 30 years experience within the health services initially Denise qualified as a general nurse and then as a paediatric nurse. The majority of her time has been spent working as a health visitor and for several years she was responsible for running a smoking cessation clinic.

Services: Denise offers ethical, safe and confidential counselling and psychotherapy for clients wishing to deal with a wide range of personal and emotional issues including in the areas of:

• Post traumatic stress disorder

• Depression

• Anxiety states

• Phobias

• Couples and relationship counselling

Transactional Analysis psychotherapy: TA is often described as the treatment of psychological problems, based on the relationship between the client and the therapist. Transactional Analysis psychotherapy in practice is used for personal growth as well as to resolve the whole range of life's problems, for example, depression and manic depressive disorders, anxiety states, to specific behavioral difficulties and relationship problems.

Life's problems often have their source in the childhood, the therapist helps the client identify what it is they want, and how they can now use their resources to achieve their goals, rather than remaining 'stuck in their problem'. This leads to living in the present rather than living in the past, or being afraid of the future.

• The four stages of therapy are often described as outlined below. these four stages describe both the overall process as well as each session.

1. Contact: developing your relationship with the therapist.

2. Contract: deciding what you are wanting to change.

3. Content: Dealing with the issues.

4. Concluding: dealing with the ending of the relationship.

I often think of two stages... the first dealing with the immediate difficulties... what is bringing you to therapy now and the second stage dealing with the underlying (in TA terms... script issues) issues. The first stage can often be relatively short term, while the second stage is dealing with underlying issues which usually require longer term therapy.

Types of psychotherapy: TA is a humanistic therapy, believing that the client knows best what they want and have the resources within themselves to achieve their desires. The role of the therapist is to promote the clients autonomy and their inner healing.

Counselling: Is used in a similar way to psychotherapy, however it's focus is usually to resolve current specific problems, without exploring or resolving the underlying issues. (In the UK to qualify as a counsellor takes approximately half the time it does to train as a psychotherapist...

Contact: denise@halifax-psychotherapy.co.uk