Didsbury Therapy Partnership
8th February 2010
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DIDSBURY THERAPY PARTNERSHIP
OFFERINGPSYCHOSYNTHESIS THERAPEUTIC COUNSELLING,
PSYCHOTHERAPY, LIFESPAN INTEGRATION THERAPY
AND SUPERVISION
at
The Synthesise Centre
829a Wilmslow Road
Didsbury
Manchester M20 5WD
"Though we seem to be sleeping
there is an inner wakefulness
that directs the dream
and that will eventually
startle us back to
the truth of who we are"
-Rumi
To Make An Appointment
JOHN SHIERS
Phone:
0161 448 9048
9.0am - 6.0pm
Monday to Friday
Email:
john.shiers@ntlworld.com
LOUIS TAEIJON
Phone:
0161 613 1698
9.0am - 6.0pm
Monday to Thursday
Email:
louis.taeijon@ntlworld.com
Please leave a number to return your call if you leave a message on our voicemail
A client who is considering therapy will normally be invited to an initial meeting with either John Shiers or Louis Taeijon.
At this meeting there is space to consider the issues that are bringing a person to therapy and what working together might be like.
We attempt to meet with a person as soon as is practical after an enquiry is made.
When the practice is full, there is the opportunity to be placed on a waiting list for a place.
We are also able to offer a small number of places for clients on low incomes to work with a therapist who is completing training at the Psychosynthesis and Education Trust.
As psychosynthesis therapists we work with appreciation of the whole person at the levels of body, mind and spirit.
Psychosynthesis is a transpersonal psychology which recognises the difficulties and struggles we face as human beings take place in a broader context of the life journey of each person to a deeper experience of ourselves and our potential for growth and development. Psychosynthesis therapy works to explore whatever is blocking a person from living life more fully and authentically.
John and Louis have also both trained as Lifespan Integration (LI) therapists. Lifespan Integration (www.lifespanintegration.com) has been specifically developed to work with deep levels of trauma, distress and early issues of attachment and bonding. When a client wishes to work with LI, John and Louis can integrate LI with psychosynthesis therapy or can offer LI as the basis of the therapy.
JOHN SHIERS AND LOUIS TAEIJON HAVE SPECIALIST EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH:
Stress
Loss of meaning in life
Anxiety
Self esteem
Depression
Spiritual crisis
Burnout
Trauma
Bereavement
Addiction
Attachment and bonding
Lifespan Integration
Concerns around eating and food
Suicidal and self harming feelings
Relationship difficulties
Sexuality issues
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning issues
Gender dysforia
Life threatening illness including HIV and cancer
Diagnosis of BXO,LSA and penile cancer
Because we seek to understand specific issues and symptoms in the context of the whole of a person's life, therapeutic work is usually ongoing rather than time limited.
For prospective clients with acute disturbances (e.g.obsessive and compulsive disorders, anorexia and bullemia, post-traumatic stress disorder, diagnosed acute addictions) a letter of consent from a GP or psychiatrist is required prior to the commencement of therapy.
WHO WE ARE
Didsbury Therapy Partnership is an independent practice established in 2003 by psychosynthesis psychotherapists John Shiers and Louis Taeijon.
Our approach to therapy is centred on building a therapeutic relationship with the client so that pain, joy and everything in between, can be fully recognised and held. The aim, through the therapeutic relationship, is to increase our potential to chose how we live and to find meaning and purpose in our lives, rather than being driven by pain and distress from the past.
John and Louis are graduates of the London Institute of Psychosynthesis and are qualified and experienced psychotherapists and counsellors.
John is currently also a Trustee of the Psychosynthesis and Education Trust in London and of 42nd Street, a young people's mental health organisation working in Manchester, Trafford and Salford.
Psychosynthesis recognises how our life experiences can leave us with deep feelings of pain and fragmentation.
It also validates a spiritual dimension to life, which is understood as an evolving journey to deeper levels of creative expression and authentic living.
We have integrated our psychosynthesis training with other approaches to therapy. In particular we work with a focus on how unconscious pain from infancy and childhood continues to influence life in the here and now, and with body oriented therapy which recognises how trauma is located in our physical and energetic bodies. Our training in Lifespan Integration (LI) with Peggy Pace, who has developed LI out of attachment psychology and EMDR, can be integrated into therapeutic work, as appropriate for an individual client.
John Shiers is registered with, and subject to the code of ethics of, the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP registered)
Louis Taeijon is accredited with, and subject to the code of ethics of, the British Assocation for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP accredited).
John and Louis are also qualified and experienced supervisors of counsellors and psychotherapists, Louis is also a BACP accredited supervisor and John qualfied as a supervisor with the Centre for Personal and Professional Development (CPPD).
LOCATION OF DIDSBURY THERAPY
Didsbury Therapy is located at The Synthesise Centre 829a Wilmslow Road Disbury Manchester M20 5WD,
above Gaeia, the ethical investment company on the junction between Wilmslow Road and Parswood Road.
We share our premises with Synthesise (www.synthesise.org) a co-operative social enterprise
which organises workshops, seminars and other activities based around psychosynthesis and transpersonal psychology
The Synthesise Centre is two minutes walk from East Didsbury Station.
There are good transport connections by rail and bus as well as on-street car parking on Parswood Road.
There are also facilities to lock bicycles close to the Centre.
RESPECTING DIFFERENCE
We value and work with respect for the differences between people.
Issues of gender, class, race and culture, sexual orientation, age, disabilities and the environment in which we live, all influence our lives and need to be held within the therapeutic relationship.
The therapeutic relationship is about finding or clarifying the life path for each individual person, rather than fitting in to cultural expectations of who we have been taught we "should" be.
The impact of culture and society, as well as family background, has a major impact on life. Our therapeutic approach is one that seeks to fully recognise external as well as internal factors that impact on a client.
HOW WE WORK
An initial meeting is agreed for client and therapist to consider what is bringing the client into therapy and what working together may be like.
A therapeutic contract is agreed at the commencement of therapy which may be for an agreed number of sessions followed by a review, or may be for ongoing therapy.
Therapy usually takes place on a weekly basis although it may on occasion be of greater frequency.
Confidentiality is an essential aspect to therapy and is only broken if a client is at serious risk of harming him/herself or another person.
When a person is receiving psychiatric treatment and is considering psychotherapy through Didsbury Therapy, a letter from the consultant psychiatrist giving consent for psychotherapy is required in order to commence therapeutic work.
FEES
FOR PSYCHOSYNTHESIS COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
The fee structure is currently £45 for the initial meeting and a sliding scale from £45 to £65 for all subsequent sessions depending on income. Counselling and psychotherapy sessions are 60 minutes in length.
We currently have two psychotherapists completing training at the London Psychosynthesis and Education Trust. They offer psychosynthesis therapy for clients who are on low incomes. Please contact Louis Taeijon, who manages the therapists offering low cost psychosynthesis therapy, on 0161 613 1698 to discuss this option further or to be placed on the waiting list for one of these therapists.
FOR LIFESPAN INTEGRATION THERAPY
Clients who specifically want a series of Lifespan Integration(LI) therapy sessions are invited to an initial meeting to clarify the issue or issues that are leading them to consider LI therapy. A series of sessions, and the frequency of sessions are then agreed, along with a review session at the end of the agreed sessions. LI therapy takes place in 90 minute sessions and the fee is £65 for the initial meeting and a sliding scale from £65 to £85 for subsequent sessions depending on income.
FOR INTEGRATIVE SUPERVISION
OF COUNSELLORS AND PSYCHOTHERAPISTS
The fee structure for supervision for independent therapists is currently £65 for one and a half hours and £85 for two hours. Supervision is based on an integrative relational model, and is available to counsellors and psychotherapists who work relationally across modalities.
The fee structure for therapists funded through an organisation is currently £85 for one and a half hours and £125 for two hours.