Not On The Couch

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It All Began With a Couch

As a psychotherapy student in London I once visited the Freud Museum where I was able to observe Sigmund’s consulting room and study. I remember the iconic couch. It felt like a pilgrimage. After all, its hard to think about the development of talking therapy without thinking about Sigmund Freud. The couch was central to Freud ideas about ‘free association’ as he encouraged his patients to focus inwardly without eye contact with the therapist.

Apparently he also could not “…….put up with being stared at by other people for eight hours a day”! *On Beginning the Treatment, SE XII pp123-144

A lot’s changed since then.

Online Therapy: No Couch, No Problem

In 2020 with the advent of the Covid pandemic, I like most of my colleagues went online. And four years later I’m still here. That shift to working without the metaphoric couch has enabled me to travel and spend time living in France. It’s also meant that I have a more global reach and have been able to work with clients I’d never previously have met, in locations as diverse as the Beirut, Brazil, Dubai, Portugal and Sweden to name a few. And they’ve benefited from therapy with me from the comfort of their own homes, at the office, in the car and even onboard ship!

The Unexpected Benefits

Therapy online offers real flexibility and accessibility. No more lost travel time or commute related stress. No geographical limitations. Helpful for those with mobility issues or social anxiety. Discrete for those in high risk situations. Even a pandemic couldn’t stop therapy!

All you need is a quiet spot and a good internet connection. If you’re at home we can still share a cup of tea but you’re making your own so its probably how you like it! And if you’re travelling you can take a pause wherever you are and I’m just a click away.

Are you ready for therapy without the Upholstery

Whether you’ve been in therapy with me before or are just starting out, you’ll be treated with the same professional support, kindness and guidance as if we were in the room together. I’d love to re/connect so you can see how online therapy will work for you whatever’s going on in your life at the moment.

New Ways of Working

Unlike Freud I didn’t stick with talking therapy. Yes we talk, but I also work somatically with your nervous system, and intuitively with your energy field. And we can do it all at a distance because we live in a Quantum Field….but that’s a different post!

I’m still here to support clients through experiences of stress, anxiety, trauma and diagnosis like C/PTSD.

And I also have a new offering called ‘Coaching For Life’ sessions; a therapeutic coaching approach to life’s everyday challenges

In addition my interest in Sound and Energy therapies has developed beyond gongs to tuning forks and coherent light, so why not try some frequency medicine too. After all Einstein believed that “Future medicine will be the medicine of frequencies”

New Website and Online Booking Service www.karenbresloff.com

I’m really excited to share my new website with you and to introduce my online booking system. You can book a session online anytime so if you want to do your admin at midnight you can, and show up for a session when it suits you best.

If you’re looking to work through life’s challenges with a little less upholstery and a lot more flexibility feel free to reach out. Wherever you are in the world, I’m ‘here’, just a click away.

As always,

Karen