Lydia Goldthorpe
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Contact information
- Phone number
- 07366678886
Therapist - Edinburgh
Features
- Concessionary rates
Availability
Tuesday 11am - 8pm
Wednesday 11am - 8pm
Thursday 11am - 8pm
About me and my therapy practice
I provide individual therapy for young adults and adults, within short and long-term timeframes, dependant on what is required. Ultimately, I work with individuals who are searching for a different kind of connection with themselves. I use an integration of therapies and methods, creating a new therapy model for each individual, determined by their nature, willingness for change and what the therapeutic process unearths.
Core Methods:
Existential | Exploration to establish meaning, purpose and value systems in life and relationships
Psychoeducation | Develop understanding in mental health and wellbeing, clarifying ways to cope and thrive
Psychodynamic | Examine the past to understand how it effects present beliefs and behaviour
Psychosomatic Awareness | Unify the body with the mind to process and experience difficult emotions: develop self-awareness, create physiologic change, enlighten decision making processes to determine future action
Attachment | Understand how early relationships shape current relational patterns
Solution Focused | Draw on established character strength, resource and ability as a way to move forward
Creative Arts | Integrate artistic mediums to further articulate and process emotional states
Cognitive Behavioural | Challenge dysfunctional thought processes to reconstruct cognitive patterns, regulate emotion and improve coping strategies
Practice description
I provide an environment in which the parts of a person that are rarely seen by others but fundamental to how they interact with their lives, can be freely explored. I combine empathy and instinct whilst challenging dysfunctional beliefs and behaviours through honest questions and perceptions. I work to instil self-awareness, using a holistic approach to all cases and the foundation of my work is based on movement towards recovery.
My first session
Finding the right therapist for your individual needs is vital. I offer a free 15-minute introductory phone consultation followed by an initial appointment at a reduced rate, for you to ask questions and establish whether I am compatible with what you require.
These initial engagements can clarify why you have come to a therapist, what you are and are not looking for, if I can work in the best way for you and what appointment frequency may look like. If compatibility is not the case, in most cases I can provide you with a suitable referral.
What I can help with
Abuse, Addictions, Adoption, Anger management, Anxiety, Bereavement, Cancer, Child related issues, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Coercive control, Cultural issues, Depression, Disability, Eating disorders, Health related issues, Identity issues, Infertility, Loss, Menopause, Men's issues, Narcissism, Neurodiversity, Obsessions, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy related issues, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Service veterans, Sex-related issues, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stalking, Stress, Substance Dependency, Trauma, Women's issues, Work related issues
Types of therapy
CBT, Emotionally focused therapy, Existential, Humanistic, Integrative, Narrative therapy, Person centred, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic, Relational, Solution focused brief therapy
Clients I work with
Adults, Young people
How I deliver therapy
Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Outdoor therapy, Short term sessions, Short-term face-to-face work