| Name: | Marion Duff |
| Practising counsellor: | Since the early 1980s |
| Base: | Wilmslow, Cheshire |
I work mainly from home, and will integrate the approaches to suit the need of the individuals agreeing to enter into the counselling process. Any question fear or worry can be talked through at the first session, and there is no obligation on your part to continue, if, after one session you feel enough has been gained.
The times and boundaries of the counselling process will be discussed and established in a way that is comfortable to us both.
Counselling has changed a great deal since I began practising in-depth counselling in the early 1980's, from what was very thorough training.
Today, there are more counsellors practising solution-focussed counselling, and less in-depth counselling, than ever before.
This seems to have evolved as families and communities fracture, allowing a host of insecurities and anxieties into our consciousness bringing with this change the need... to just talk to somebody, and feel understood and safe.
Every approach in counselling has its place. Each approach aims to empower the client the counsellors use of skills enabling the client to find the correct balance, orientation, understanding and direction most suited to their own personality. In a counselling setting there is no judgement of clients’ issues, and whatever is exchanged is in strictest confidence.
"It is as though he listened, and such listening as his enfolds us in a silence in which at last we begin to hear what we are meant to be" Lao Tszo 6th century BC
I have been a counsellor, teacher and later supervisor since the early 1980's.
I began using the psychodynamic approach, touching on complimentary psychoanalysis, and, from using transpersonal theories for personal development, integrated a variety of theories into my practice. This has evolved into a more person-centred approach from integrating whatever helps from other theories.
As a qualified teacher I teach the person-centred approach, (in FE/HE Colleges) touching on CBT and the integrative approach. I also supervise counsellors, counselling tutors, MA students, and therapists.
I run workshops for specialist groups on a variety of subjects in counselling, and work from home in 1-1 counselling, and couple counselling (with a variety of problems, identity crisis, loss, depression and despair).
“When you are young you try to go quicker than the pace of life, and when you are older you want to go slower than the pace of life.”