David Forrest
Gestaltuk
Gestalt Psychotherapy
Therapy: what I can offer
What I can offer you in therapy
My approach is to help you to find your answers to the questions, confusions, and difficulties that have led you to this point and place.
I work to value the individual; to recognise and respect where you are in your own place in the world and work from your perspective and combining this with the perspective I can bring to the developing relationship between us. This encompasses listening, respect, patience, reflection, and empathy and acceptance.
GestaltUK is the website of David Forrest, Gestalt psychotherapist, supervisor, teacher and writer. Alongside information about my psychotherapy practice, the site contains my essays, reflections, workshop material and research concerning Gestalt Therapy, relational psychotherapy, field theory, phenomenology and contemporary psychotherapy practice.
For Gestalt Psychotherapy:
You can contact me best with a text or WhatsApp message, calling me can be less responsive, sorry, I tend to keep my phone on silent when I am working, but try a call call now
Or you can click on the 'click here to contact me' link below.
I work Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; Monday and Wednesday are utilised when needed, like, for a postponed session, or additional session. Meeting is usually on a weekly basis and the reason is to provide continuity. This is not set in stone and variations can be considered.
I work Face to Face and Online; think about what will work for you.
Cost of therapy is £65 per session of 50 minutes duration
What you Can Expect When You Contact Me
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When you contact me you can tel me as much or as little as you want; "I want therapy" is entirely sufficient; and I will offer you the opportunity to say more.
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After asking for therapy I will check whether you can meet face to face; if at all possible this might prove most helpful to you, even if any further work is done online.
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If you have the choice, the decision for online or face to face does not need to be decided at this point
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I will arrange with you a time for an initial session for you let me know what is going on for you. This session allows you to also clarify if you want, and feel ready, to explore what is going on for you (sometimes this meeting is the first time a person speaks out their difficullty).
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This initial session is only paid for if you take up the offer of further therapy sessions.
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So, if you decide this is not the right time, or I'm not the right person, then we part with best wishes for your journey and no payment is required.
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If you email or Whatsapp me I will respond as soon as I can;
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if by email and you include a phone number, let me know if I can text or Whatsapp you in response.
Thank you