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Ian Richardson
Relational Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
B.A (Hons) Dip Coun‘
Member of John Bowlby Centre
UKCP Reg 2011167107

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This is what I do

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About Me:

I am a clinically trained Relational Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, UKCP registered. I have 20 years experience working with individuals, groups and organisations.

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Treatments:

My clinical focus is expansive and varied, focusing on issues associated with attachment disruptions, trauma, loss, and family of origin problems. Understanding these issues is an important part of what psychotherapy can offer.

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With 20 years of experience supporting individuals, groups, and organizations toward growth.
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Treatments

Some of the issues I work with:

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Relationship Problems

Everybody at some point will experience ups and downs in relationships.
If you are unhappy or you feel at impasse, or what ever is causing you disturbance, it is important to know you can get help and support...
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Alcohol and Substance Misuse

Alcohol and or drug dependence, describes the repeated use of alcohol
or substance misuse. It is a progressive illness, where sufferers are unable to control their compulsion to drink and or take drugs...
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Sexual Neuroses

Sexual problems can occur for a number of reasons. Often they
are linked to emotional difficulties and other challenges in life. For example, when you are feeling stressed or anxious, you're being sexual or intimate can be difficult...
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Dissociation is a defense against severe trauma. For example when faced
with overwhelming physical, psychological or sexual abuse, a person may dissociate from full awareness of the trauma they are experiencing...
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Racial and Cultural Phenomena

In contemporary multicultural society race and cultural phenomena
are important. Including accepting and accommodating difference such as color, nationality, citizenship and ethnicity. Racial discrimination or curtural marginalisation can be direct or indirect...
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Mourning / Bereavement

If you have experienced the death or loss of someone who was very important to you,
you might be finding it very difficult to adjust to the immense changes happening in your life. Having a space to be supported during this particurlally difficult time can be helpful and reparative...
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Bipolar

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a disorder that
causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out daily tasks. Symptoms of bipolar disorder can be severe. They are different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through from time to time...
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Gender Issues

Western culture has come to view gender as a binary concept, with two rigidly
fixed options: male or female, both grounded in a person’s physical anatomy. But even if gender is to be restricted to basic biology, a binary concept still fails to capture the rich variation that exists...
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Workplace Problems

Work related stress is a growing problem in Britain. Increasing
numbers of people report feeling undervalued, overworked and underpaid. This feelings can lead to further complications with physical and mental health...
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Anger and Violence

Often, anger problems are due to unacknowledged and underdeveloped
management of our emotions. Anger, like all emotions, involves physiological and chemical changes in the body. This affecting heart rate and adrenaline levels...
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Trauma

Trauma refers to the body and/or mind being overwhelmed by a traumatic
event or events. Psychological trauma leads the sufferer to question their beliefs of safety and security whilst eroding their assumptions of trust...
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PTSD

It is understandable for people to feel distressed and upset after a traumatic event.
For many, these feelings gradually subside and they are able to carry on with their lives as normal. For some people however, distress and anxiety following trauma, may be ongoing...
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UkCP Registered Therapist with 20 Years Clinical Experience