About Therapy
Therapy provides a safe and confidential space for you to talk to a trained professional about your issues and concerns. As your therapist, I will help you explore your feelings so you can develop a better understanding of yourself, your needs and your patterns of behaviour. Together we can evaluate these so that you can identify any changes that you might like to work towards within yourself.
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As a fully trained and certified therapist, I will not give you my opinions or advice or prescribe medication. I will work with you to build a relationship of trust where you have a safe space to find your own solutions – whether that’s making effective changes in your life or finding ways of coping with your problems.
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When you process your feelings about yourself by trusting another human being and having a conversation you have a place for those feelings to go, letting them out can lessen their power and impact on you so and give you greater clarity so that you can make the right decision about other areas of your life, including having surgery.
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What are you feeling about the idea of having surgery?Many patients have thought long and hard about having cosmetic surgery and it is quite natural to have mixed feelings about it. Like many others, you might be feeling sad, anxious, guilty on the one hand, and ecstatic, certain, excited on the other. This can be confusing and making the right decision can be hard on your own or due to the input of others. You might be feeling guilty, ashamed, or worried about upsetting loved ones, feeling pressure from a partner, be anxious about the costs, scared about the recovery or unsure about the results. You might have certain cultural or religious beliefs which might affect your decision. You might be considering surgery as part of a gender realignment process.
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Who can you talk to?Having the opportunity to discuss openly and honestly your feelings and thoughts can give you the clarity to know that you are making the right decision, whether that means going ahead with surgery or not. Either decision can be the right one for you and only you can decide this. Often it is hard to get the space you need where you can freely discuss everything without pressure or judgement and work out what is right for you.
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Who can you trust?This is where I can help you. I have been working with patients who have been considering having cosmetic or plastic surgery for over 15 years. I am fully trained in the full range of facial and body procedures, including specilaised procedures, such as vaginal reconstruction, breast reconstruction post breast cancer, and the revision of self harm scars or scars caused by attacks or accidents. I understand the implications of surgery, from selecting the right surgeon, the qualification process, the divergent approaches and methods of surgery, the risks, the limitations, the recovery and the emotional, physical and financial implications. You may have already had surgery which did not go to plan, and might be suffering as a result and want a safe space to process your feelings and how it has affected your life and relationships. I am here to act in your best interests, to facilitate your exploration of what having surgery will mean to you, so that you can come to your own decision about what is right for you and move forwards.