CAITLIN LLOYD PSYCHOTHERAPY
MORE ABOUT MY APPROACH TO PSYCHOTHERAPY
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My orientation is Existential-phenomenological, with an integrative element.
Breaking down the jargon:
‘Existential’ = exploring how we live. Understanding our relationship to choice, anxiety, mortality, authenticity and freedom.
‘Phenomenology’ = understanding how we experience life. Noticing what comes up as we talk/what is happening in the room.
The existential approach is more of an attitude than a method, which informs how I am with you. Ethics are central to my work, in that I commit to meeting you as a fellow human being, who is to be respected, valued and met with genuine curiosity and understanding. My stance is exploratory and non-prescriptive.
'Integrative' = I am also trained integratively meaning I may draw on various modalities (psychodynamic, existential, humanistic) to attend to your uniqueness. I am especially informed by the psychodynamic idea that our early relational experiences influence our present relationships.
MORE ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE / BACKGROUND
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Outside of private practice, as a therapist, I have worked for the following organisations:
- Lewisham Refugee & Migrant Network on their 'Women Together' project with women affected by gender-based violence
- Headstrong Counselling, a low-cost therapy provider, with young people​​
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Outside of therapy, I have been:
- A support worker for young people experiencing homelessness
- A crisis volunteer on a text line service supporting people in urgent need of support and at risk of suicide
​​- An activity groups coordinator for older women from refugee backgrounds looking to get active
- A mentor on mentoring programmes in schools across the maintained and private sectors
- In aministrative roles in mental health and charity settings