There exists a very  real connection between good emotional health and our overall physical well being. It was the ancient Greeks who first documented the benefits of using dialogue therapy in their sleep temples. It was quite a simple process as it only required actively engaging with whatever difficulty they had with someone who was emotionally detached, but entirely focused on providing a solution. Happily the emotional and behavioural sciences have improved greatly since Aristotle, Plato and Socrates but many of their early observations still hold true.

I have endeavoured to un complicate the therapeutic processes  by identifying a number of specific issues separately using the icons to the left of the page, by clicking on the image relevant to your interest you will be presented with that subject information. However as we are all individuals and therefore unique in many ways, any specific questions can be answered either by phone  using my free phone number 0800 878 6543 (some service providers do charge for calls to this number when using a mobile phone) or by using the email facility on the contact me page   I look forward to hearing from you.

                                                                                                               Marc Bishop.

First, I Just Listen

As my client when you ask me to listen if I begin giving advice, have not done what you asked of me.

As my client when you ask me to listen if I begin to tell you why you should not feel that way, I am ignoring your feelings.

As my client when you asked me to listen, if you need to do something other than talk for me to understand, I will have failed you.

All that I can do for you at the beginning is listen, not talk or do, just hear.

As my client you are not helpless you may have been discouraged and faltered in the past, but you are not helpless.

As my client I will accept without question as a simple fact of life, that you do feel what you feel, no matter how difficult or irrational it may seem, so that we can get about the business of understanding what's behind that feeling.

As my client when whatever is supporting your discomfort becomes clear, and it will. The answers to your difficulties or problems will become obvious, you won’t need advice, but just some help in dealing with the obstacles which may be in your way. Because our own irrational feelings and fears make much more sense when we understand what is supporting them.

Therefore, in the beginning I will listen while you speak and when you are ready to make changes, you will.

But first I just Listen......