Approach
Dora is passionate about helping her clients achieve a deeper connection with themselves, as well as more fulfilling relationships with others. She employs a variety of techniques, often in combination, to respond to the needs of her clients. Primary modalities include:
Narrative Therapy
Narrative Therapy is based on the premise that our identities are shaped by the accounts of our lives found in our stories (or narratives) and the related meanings we attach to them. A narrative therapist helps clients describe their experiences whilst co-investigating the ways in which issues influence the client and his/her relationships. The process allows issues to be externalised or objectified, making them easier to investigate. The therapist helps the client to re-author his/her experiences to assist with making more positive choices in the future.
Psychodrama
Psychodrama allows clients to explore, through dramatic action, their problems, issues, concerns, dreams and aspirations. Participants look at internal conflicts by acting out their emotions and interpersonal interactions.
Rogerian Client-Centred Therapy
Client-centred Therapy is one of the most widely used models in mental health and psychotherapy. The basic principle is that the counsellor remains genuine, shows empathy and unconditional positive regard towards a client at all times. Based on these elements the therapist creates a supportive, non-judgemental environment in which the client is encouraged to reach his/her full potential.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps clients overcome difficulties by identifying and changing dysfunctional behavior. The therapist and client work together to help the client develop skills to modify beliefs, recognise distorted thinking and change behaviors.
Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt therapy focuses more on process (what is happening) than content (what is being discussed). The emphasis is on the experience (what is being done, thought and felt at that moment) rather than on the interpretation (what was, might be, could be, or should be). The client learns to become aware of what they are doing psychologically and how they can change it. Through this process they develop self acceptance and the ability to experience more in the ‘now’ without so much interference from baggage of the past.
Existential Psychotherapy
Anxiety often stems from the freedom to decide and the complete responsibility for the outcome of decisions. Psychotherapists using an existential approach believe that a client can harness his/her anxiety and use it constructively. By embracing anxiety as inevitable, rather than suppressing it, the client can use it to achieve his/her full potential in life.