Please note that I use the words "counselling services London", "psychotherapy London", "psychotherapeutic counselling in London" & "talking therapy" and also "London counsellor", "London psychotherapist", "psychotherapeutic counsellor" & "talking therapist" interchangeably. I am trained & accredited as a counsellor, psychotherapist & talking therapist and I am happy to discuss their differences with you.
Counselling & Psychotherapy considers:
Stuck In The Past, Present Or Future Most of us daydream, think about the past and imagine or yearn for our future - trying to control it. Fear of dying may play a role for some. We may also have grief for what has happened in the past. Lost in regrets, future speculations or fantasies, we may overlook what is happening now, in the moment, as if echoes from our past & future scenarios, hopes, desires, fears, etc. cloud our presence & who we are now. All this looking forward or backward can stop us living and acting now. Yet some of us may only want to experience the present, that everything is only about now - what we feel, struggling to reflect on our past or think about our future aspirations. It can be a conscious challenge to decide where to put our attention, be in the present moment, reflecting on our past and thinking of our future & potential when we need to.
Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.
Being Connected To Who We Are In Relationship To Our Past, Present, Future Counselling & psychotherapy provides a space for these aspects to be explored further, offering support in understanding your present situation & the impact of your past, so you are empowered to consciously create a different future (freer of the need to control it) in each moment, without constantly ruminating about our past or future. The therapy can support us experiencing ourself in relationship to all three, our past, present & future & our connection to them. How connected we are to our self - who we are in our own ground, not just our past, present or future, may also be important. It may now be important for us to take responsibility for who we are, what we've done, who do we want to be.
I can see clearly now, the rain has gone.Johnny Nash
Consciousness In Our Past, Present, Future Our consciousness evolves, unfolding into our field of awareness. In moments it can be as if our present, past & future merge into one (where we are now, how this relates to our past, what might be emerging & transforming for us), and the therapy takes these conscious & unconscious aspects of us into consideration. Sometimes our previous experiences & associated feelings can be experienced in the present time, as if we were back there now. Our unconscious is timeless, it is more of a space. And in this different space or sense of timelessness it can be as if we are on bridge between the unconscious & conscious, waking up to something. We may experience heightened perceptions, a different quality of what we see, hear, touch, smell, taste & feel. Our imaginary world may expand. We may experience moments of clarity, where everything comes together as one and has meaning. We can be aware of this sometimes (being conscious that we are conscious) and other times less so. And in this moment of time we may also be in touch with the previously unconscious processes of our imagination & dreams, which may also point to our future - what might be emerging for you. Some at this point may stop when they are aware of their personal consciousness. Others may also be interested in the wider world - a collective or global consciousness or be drawn to a spiritual enquiry.
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great floodNorman Maclean, "A River Runs Through It"
and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops.
Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.
