Christopher Murray

 

BACP Accredited Counsellor & Psychotherapist since 1985

TESTIMONIALS

Whilst the overall experience was as I expected, there were certainly surprising moments within it.  I found you to be highly skilled at helping me to explore some of the more painful aspects of my past experiences - and their relevance to me,today. Your years of experience in this work and your width of knowledge on how we all learn and think made the whole experience very interesting.  And very useful to me.  I certainly learned alot about myself.  Thank you.

 

The service I received is second to none. Christopher invested time and effort into our sessions. He offered support, encouragement and humour throughout our time. He has an incredible ability to help me find my way through things and helped me gain perspective which propelled me into being the person that I always have been but had gone into hiding. I feel better about my self because Christopher has taught me so much. He gave me an understanding of how to deal with my inner thoughts and how to deal with others. I am no longer a "crowd pleaser" but a strong, independent, happy woman. Thank you for your strength and energy, you are a very uplifting person to be around.

 

My time spent with Christopher was of tremendous help to me and also my family

My experience with Christopher was very different to how I thought it would be, but in a very positive way. I had expected to be told what to do and how to 'fix' the issues I was dealing with at the time - like a doctor's prescription. But Christopher's approach to therapy isn't like this.

 

Instead, Chris gave me the space to explore my life and the issues troubling me. Through his guidance I finally stopped thinking and tying myself in mental knots and instead began to feel and connect with life and the parts of 'me' that had been suppressed/forgotten about.

 

I am now in a place where I feel part of life rather than merely an observer of it. Through Christopher's help and my work with him I'm in a much better place than I was 1 year ago. I would recommend Christopher's services and would definitely return to him for further guidance, if the need arises

 

My expectations of counselling have changed over time, having entered it with the most desperate of feelings and shame I believe I have finished my time with Christopher with a love of myself never experienced before.

 

 

I found the experience life changing; but not just for me but for the people around me. The people I care about, that care about me.

 

I knew what I wanted from counselling, but wasn't at all sure I'd be able to get it, because I was asking for rather a lot. I wanted to find someone could get inside my head, see and feel and understand the world through my eyes, and then somehow convey to me that what he saw was valuable and potentially loveable. I knew that if I got that it would help me to believe those things about myself, and allow me to shake off some of the tight protective armour I always wore and begin to connect more with life. Well I actually found what I was looking for. You were consistently present, connected and able to follow most (if not quite all) of my tangled mental processes as far as I chose to take them. You never pushed me too hard. But your consistent warmth and interest gradually made me feel safe enough to reveal most of what was important to me.

 

I felt that there was trust and a meaningful rapport between us in supervision. While you are so much more experienced than I am you always treated me as an equal who had a useful contribution to make. I felt that the supervision sessions were focussed on me and my clients and the work that we were doing together. You provided a safe and secure environment whereby I could explore difficult and challenging issues regarding my work with my clients. You also challenged me to take responsibility not only for the difficulties but for the positive outcomes.

 

 

The best thing I could ever done f or myself as it helped give me my life back. Christopher was simply amazing: the most

understanding,  congruent, and professional counsellor I have ever come across to date.

 

Chris helped me to cope with the stuff that others seem to take in their stride but that overwhelmed me.  He helped me take a slice of life.