ACACIA THERAPY INTRODUCTION
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GENERAL APPROACH

There are a number of considerations which inform my general approach;

I don’t work with an overall theory which clients ‘fit-in’ to. I treat each person as a unique individual and use the information they supply to me during the early part of the consultation to design and develop strategies to use in trance which help the client achieve their aims.

I always accept and start from where the client/patient is – it’s quite useless to say you shouldn’t do this or that or mustn’t act in this or that way. I accept and respect the way the client is when they came and help them to change in ways they want to (provided they are legitimate and safe!)

I use ‘reframes’ constantly throughout the session, offering new, alternative and more positive ways of seeing and experiencing events.

When appropriate I help clients realise they are ‘normal’ and not so different from the many people who suffer from the same problems – often very reassuring.

Recent problems/conditions that I have had success in treating after only 1 or 2 session include stopping smoking, weight loss, sleeplessness, nail biting, pain reduction, scratching in sleep, confidence to pass driving test, seasonal depression and helping stop hard drug use.

I am not keen on a long series of sessions and in the event that a sixth session was required, it would be used to assess what's working, what's not, what's missing and who else might be able to help.