individual sessions

“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.”

C.S. Lewis said that…

There are things you can get from groups that you can’t get from individual work, and things you can get from individual work that you can’t from groups.  After many years I have come to feel that the best way of working is a mixture of both.  With individual sessions – which I’d recommend prior to joining a group – you can get the one to one focus to explore and deal with specific personal issues and crises.  It can give you the time required to build an intimate, professional relationship that can become the backbone of any other work that you might undertake, providing you with direction, support, safety and companionship as you step out of the comfort zone and break old patterns of behavior.  I am also available for couples’ work.

“I worked with Jerry for almost 6 years. Whilst I came to value him as a friend, his professional know-how ensured that our sessions were at times extremely challenging; if they hadn’t been, I wouldn’t have confronted some very difficult truths. I never doubted his support and came to trust him implicitly. Jerry finds a perfect balance between deep compassion and professional distance. He is terribly clever but never pompous, and introduces humour with impeccable timing. For anyone looking for an intuitive and interactive style of “therapy”, Jerry is the one. He brings you to the nub of the matter gently, but with assurance.”

Joanne, Curator/Garden Designer

“Working out of instinct, feeling and the heart Jerry doesn’t analyse me, he experiences me. Jerry seems to work out of the space where he really wants to be, interacting with people that he likes and believes he can help. That may seem selfish but a good therapist has to look after themselves first and foremost and Jerry’s genuine interest in and love for the people he works with is clear. He is sensitive and deeply caring but is always ready to challenge and disrupt, helping prompt the chaos or revelation that allows me to grow.”

Robin, Investment Manager