Richard Dennison

My method uses dialogue, experimentation and attention to body sensations; the aim being to increase awareness and insight and how this affects individuals in the present moment. The background for this method is one of support. Support and acceptance go together. The client may experience self-support from the breath, breathing in deeply and feeling the breath in the body. Then there is the question of environmental support or support in situations. Is the client supported at home? Does he/she feel supported in therapy? These aspects of support are important in the early stages of therapy and need to be in place and remain before deeper exploration and subsequent change can take place.

Although diagnosis can sometimes be helpful, as a Therapist I do not see people as a diagnosis or with illness. People reach the places they are in through adjusting to the situations in which they find themselves. Encouragement is given to people to find there own way and means of creatively living their lives in ways that are desirable to that person.