Renate Kristoffersson - Humanistic Therapeutic Counsellor
About Renate
Renate works within a Humanistic foundation and on a client-led basis. She is a fully qualified person-centred counsellor and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). This ensures the provision of a secure, reliable and confidential relational environment. As a working practitioner and a BACP member she practices within their ethical framework and remains committed to my on-going personal and professional development.
With a focus on supporting clients through transitional stages in life, recognising the struggle but also the potential in personal growth, I wish to encourage your own process with respect for your values, beliefs and choices.
Working on a client-led basis I believe the unique client-therapist working relationship is the key to a positive experience where the collaborative work offers insight and deeper understanding of our true needs and desires. I will help you become more aware of unhelpful patterns in your life and support you in the process of change that can sometimes feel very challenging and lonely.
The work aims to support you in developing an understanding of what makes you the person you are and how you respond to life, relationships and yourself. It encourages a more self-supportive view of your own unique being through self-examination in an honest and trusting dialogue.
I have experience in working with people from all walks of life, supporting them through bereavement, terminal illness, addiction and relationship-issues, depression and anxiety, and many other presenting issues.
The work is often on a long-term, on-going basis where a regular assessment of needs and on-going progress is the guide to how long the process will take. It may however be your preference to commit to a shorter term-plan, and I will always endeavour to offer the client what they feel they need, in terms of the duration of the working agreement and the pace of the therapy.
Professional Title: Humanistic Therapeutic Counsellor
Location: New Road Psychotherapy Centre
Membership: Registered Member BACP
Fee: £50 per session. Some concessions for £40
Walk and Talk with Renate Kristoffersson
MBACP since 2015. Working in central Brighton, in private practice since 2017.
Email: admin@newroadpsychotherapy.com for more information and to book. Cost: £50/session.
Walking therapy sessions are just like regular counselling, but with the added benefit of walking.
I will offer walk and talk therapy starting May 2024, in some of Brighton’s lovely local parks. The first meeting will be held indoors or online, to discuss the counselling agreement (contracting) and details of when and where to meet, as well as looking at potential issues , such as weather changes, confidentiality and other practicalities.
The sessions will typically be held at the same time and place each week, for a sense of continuity of the beginning and end, but any changes can be agreed upon with the therapist on an ongoing basis.
Outdoor counselling is good for those who may feel a little anxious or claustrophobic in the environment of a one-on-one session in a room - the potential intensity of eye contact is removed for those who find it uncomfortable. Walking therapy can be an especially helpful method of working for people who don't have the opportunity to get out into nature very often, or have spent the day sitting at a desk. When we move our bodies and shift our environment, we can think differently about aspects of our lives that have before seemed immovable. Being outdoors is a physically more relaxing experience for our bodies and, therefore, our minds are freer to open up.