Integrative therapy

With a strong person-centred foundation, therapy becomes a place where you feel deeply heard and respected. Through this secure relationship, and with techniques suited to your specific goals, you can feel confident in your capacity to grow and heal in ways that feel right for you. Whether you’re new to therapy or returning, this approach allows us to focus on your unique journey at a pace and depth that aligns with your needs.

Our approach incorporates person-centred therapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based interventions, dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), and more. This integrative model enables us to create personalised treatment plans that address both the symptoms and underlying causes of our clients' struggles, promoting healing, personal growth, and long-term well-being.

From a holistic perspective, we would consider the interconnectedness of your thoughts, emotions, behaviours, relationships and environment. Addressing not only the symptoms but also the underlying causes of your struggles. Promoting healing and personal growth on multiple levels.

The aim is to foster integration and wholeness within that helps you to reconcile conflicting aspects of yourself, developing a more coherent sense of identity, and cultivating a greater sense of well-being and fulfilment.

Counselling vs Psychotherapy?

Counselling: Support for Life’s Challenges

Counselling is typically focused on helping clients navigate specific issues or stressful situations that may be impacting their day-to-day life. This could include areas such as relationship difficulties, grief, work-related stress, or transitions. Counselling is generally shorter-term, with a practical and solution-oriented approach that empowers clients with tools and strategies for coping effectively. It’s about helping people feel supported, understood, and more capable of managing specific life circumstances.

Who Might Benefit from Counselling?

If you’re experiencing a current life challenge and want support in handling it, counselling can be incredibly beneficial. It can provide a safe space to talk things through and receive guidance in finding effective ways to move forward.

Psychotherapy: Deep Exploration and Growth

Psychotherapy, sometimes referred to as "therapy," often delves deeper into emotional patterns, past experiences, and behaviours that might be affecting a client’s life and mental health. Unlike counselling, psychotherapy is typically a longer-term process. It often addresses complex mental health issues, including depression, anxiety disorders, trauma, and other mental health conditions. Psychotherapy works to uncover the root causes of distress, helping clients understand themselves more deeply and make meaningful, long-lasting changes.

Who Might Benefit from Psychotherapy?

If you’re dealing with recurring emotional patterns, mental health diagnoses, or experiences that feel rooted in past trauma, psychotherapy offers a deeper exploration. Psychotherapy is ideal for those who want to work through underlying issues and create transformative growth over time.

Both counselling and psychotherapy can provide transformative benefits, and sometimes clients start with counselling and transition into psychotherapy as they wish to explore deeper patterns. At Leanne Duthie Counselling, we’re here to help guide you in finding the right approach for your journey.

Areas of Focus

Abuse

Affairs and betrayals

Anxiety

Attachment Disorder

Attachment Disorder in children

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)

Borderline personality disorder (BPD)

Bullying

Burnout

Child counselling (from age 8)

Childhood bereavement (from age 8)

Depression

Depression and anxiety in children (from age 8)

Eating Disorders

Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)

Health anxiety

Loneliness

Low self-confidence

Low self-esteem

Menopause

Neurodiversity

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Panic attacks

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Relationship problems

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

Separation and divorce

Separation anxiety

Sexual abuse

Social anxiety

Stress

Suicidal thoughts

Trauma

Work-related stress

Young carers

Young people’s counselling