Tamsin Palmer

M.A. M.LITT. ADV.DIP. COUNSELLING
B.A.C.P. REG. PSYCHODYNAMIC COUNSELLOR
GUILD OF PSYCHOTHERAPISTS TRAINING

31 MAWSON ROAD CAMBRIDGE CB1 2D
EMAIL: tamsinpalmer@hotmail.com
TEL. 01223 503468

WHAT IS PSYCHODYNAMIC COUNSELLING/ PSYCHOTHERAPY?

This kind of treatment centres on a person’s self-development through emotional and psychological change.

Counselling and psychotherapy provide a space in which you can reflect on yourself and your life. It provides an opportunity to discover the ways in which the past is unhelpfully influencing the present, restricting the development of your potential. The aim is to help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself, so that you can think about your life and any problems that are worrying you, in a fresh way.

Counselling and psychotherapy provide a confidential professional relationship in which you can explore difficult, painful emotions and experiences with a professional who is trained to help you understand the meaning of feelings and behaviour. Gradually, one to one, a relationship of trust is developed where unconscious motivations and feelings which underlie the conflict and confusion can be brought to light. It is not always an easy process, and calls for a commitment over a period of time. However, the results can help you find your own voice and can greatly improve your life.

WHEN CAN COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY BE USEFUL?

This kind of therapy is helpful in relation to a great range of emotional or psychological problems. Seeking therapy is not a sign of weakness, quite the opposite - it means you are taking responsibility for your emotional and psychological health and well-being.

Therapy helps:

When you are uncertain about yourself and your actions and when you suffer from feelings of low self-esteem.

When you are emotionally overwrought, depressed, tearful, anxious or angry, and your attempts to cope aren’t working.

When you develop worrying physical or behavioural problems which do not seem to have any basis in physical ill health.

When you are faced, or have been faced, with a major life stress, such as bereavement, abuse, redundancy, marriage or relationship breakdown, severe illness, or are caring for someone with a long-term illness.

When you experience repeated difficulties in close relationships with others, or have concerns about your sexuality or are unhappy in a long-term partnership.

Or, it may just be that you have lost your way in life and need help in finding your way forward.

CONFIDENTIALITY

The therapeutic relationship is a confidential one. Information you give will not be passed on to anyone else. The therapist will always seek your permission if she needs to consult your GP.

ABOUT TAMSIN PALMER Tamsin Palmer has trained in Counselling and Psychotherapy at the Cambridge University Counselling Service in Cambridge University and at The Guild of Psychotherapists in London. She has been practising privately for the past 6 years and has worked in a G.P. Surgery; in the Counselling Service of Cambridge University, and in the Counselling Centre of Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. Tamsin works in a friendly informal manner and quickly establishes a good confidential rapport with her patients enabling them to talk about painful personal problems freely. Psychotherapy and Counselling are not about giving advice but by means of the work people often find they are freer to make their own decisions. Both counselling and psychotherapy involve an ongoing psychotherapeutic relationship in which very deep-seated ways of thinking and behaving can change and develop in a life-enhancing way.

THE WORK

After an initial meeting of about an hour, subsequent sessions last 50 minutes.

FEES

The sessions cost £35 each. There is no charge for sessions cancelled with 24 hours notice. Cancelled sessions without 24 hours notice will be charged for in the usual way.

CONCESSIONS

Tamsin offers a limited number of concessionary fees for Students and people on low incomes/pensions. This is discussed in the initial session.

CONSULTING ROOMS

Tamsin practises at the Beechwood Complementary Medicine Practice on Hill’s Road and in her consulting room at 31 Mawson Road.

TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT

To make an appointment email Tamsin on tamsinpalmer@hotmail.com
or phone Cambridge (01223) 503468 and leave a message with your contact details.