...HELPS YOU TO KNOW YOUR OWN MIND
- Such conditions as anxiety, depression or phobias can weigh heavily on a person, but they can grow lighter if you can come alive to what’s going on in your mind and body. If you find yourself in distressing states of mind that you can’t overcome, getting to know yourself better can make a big difference.
- That might not seem like much of a solution. Someone labouring under mental distress naturally wishes for relief. But in knowing your own mind, the burdens of anxiety and depression can be given a voice, and they can become more tractable.
- Lifelong afflictions can, in time, be transformed into manageable worries, fears, or sadness that have an understandable cause. An experience that is altogether too much can lose its dominance, and take its place among other feelings, thoughts and bodily sensations. In this way, the inertia and immobility of chronic mental distress can give way to a certain psychological suppleness.
THE THERAPIST
Peter Rigg
email: office@peterrigg.com
Phone (for messages only): 07756 005412
Normally I will reply within 24 hours by email or phone, and we can agree upon an initial fifty-minute consultation session.
In this first consultation session we can think about what you are looking for, and whether or not I might be helpful to you. This meeting can be useful in itself, even if we do not decide upon a course of therapy.
If we arrange for you to come into therapy, we will decide on a session time which you can observe consistently, and a starting date. Then I will write you a formal letter putting our agreement in writing, and the therapy can begin.
My fee is £75.00 per session
my consulting room is...
Room 111, Ducie House, Ducie Street, Manchester M1 2JW
It is best to come to Ducie House no earlier than five minutes before your appointment, to avoid waiting outside. Press the bell for Unit 111, and I will release the door remotely to admit you to the building.
Please wait in the entrance area with the yellow seats, and I will come and bring you to the consulting room.
what is the therapy?
We all have thoughts, feelings and impulses of which we are unaware, or which we do not stop to think about.
The psychoanalytic therapies seek to cast light on them, helping to bring lasting, long-term flexibility and decisiveness to life and relationships.
These treatments are derived from psychoanalysis, which was founded by Sigmund Freud in the first half of the twentieth century. Freud saw his patients for four or five sessions per week. This type of work is still offered and is of great value, but is provided only by a psychoanalyst. If that's what you're looking for, you should consult the Institute of Psychoanalysis for details.
I offer the analytically-based therapies of:
- Psychoanalytic psychotherapy, which has a frequency of three sessions per week, and
- Psychodynamic psychotherapy, which is conducted in one or two sessions per week.
supervision
Supervision of qualified psychotherapists
I am available to provide supervision for registered psychotherapists and counsellors.
Supervision of doctors in training
I offer supervision to doctors in training who are undertaking psychodynamic work as part of their general medical training or in pursuing psychiatric medicine.
Supervision of trainee psychotherapists
I am available to supervise trainee psychotherapists on UKCP-accredited and other courses.
Please note that there is an important exception, for which see below.
Please note: I do not offer supervision to trainees on BPC courses
I am not available as a training supervisor to those pursuing the BPC-accredited courses such as the Tavistock D58, D59 and M1 courses. The reason is that my registration with the BPC is in the psychodynamic rather than the psychoanalytic category which is the requirement for these supervisions.
gp practices look for lasting change
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy, an effective recommendation for GP practices.
Patients suffering from depression, anxiety, phobias, or trauma, or otherwise struggling with their thoughts or feelings, can find relief in diagnosis and medication, or can be treated in the Adult Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme. With persistent symptoms, however, psychoanalytic psychotherapy can make a real and lasting difference. It pays attention to hidden or ignored mental activity, in a systematic and creative way, and strengthens the patient's independence and individuality. This can bring durable self-assurance, and an enhanced capacity to derive satisfaction from life.
The strength of psychoanalytic psychotherapy lies in its effectiveness during the treatment, but also, crucially, for an extended period after the therapy has come to an end.
The 'Analytic Notes' on this website provide some detail about real evidence of efficacy.
I am a convenient choice for patients living or working in central Manchester. I am happy to see enquirers for an initial consultation, or to meet GPs or practice managers who would like to discuss what psychoanalytic psychotherapy can offer.
