ABOUT ME
Hello, my name is Hédi Salánki, I am a qualified, accredited counsellor. I was born in Hungary and have lived in the UK for 30 years now, in fact I have only ever lived in Newcastle and Gateshead, so some of my friends call me an honorary Northerner. Despite this my Geordie could still use some practice!
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I qualified as a teacher a long time ago and then life brought me to England where I tried a lot of different jobs even qualifying as an accountant before realizing that my passion lies with helping people and so I started working for a local children's charity. This strengthened my conviction that this is the path I want to continue on, and I want to do it even better.
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So, in 2016 I completed a Level 5 diploma in Integrative Counselling. The integrative approach of counselling allows me to combine three effective approaches to counselling:
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Person Centred Therapy - This enables my client to speak about any issues they wish to explore within the security of the counselling room, thus releasing long ingrained pain.
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Psychodynamic Counselling - This allows us to shed light on reasons and patterns hidden in the past and present, in our family and other relationships, pointing to potential roots of ongoing emotional difficulties.
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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) - After exploring the issues via the two other therapeutic approaches, CBT can help the client to figure out their own solutions and make changes to help themselves.
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Alongside these I also use elements of Solution Focused therapy and Inner Child therapy.