Clinton Raminhos (Dalston)

Name: Clinton Raminhos (Dalston)
Address: 450 Kingsland Road, Hackney, Greater London, E8 4AE, United Kingdom
Telephone: 07931390147

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

I offer individual therapy and relationship therapy (also known as couple counselling) on a short-term and open-ended basis, depending on what brings you to therapy at this time in your life. Living with difficult thoughts, feelings, and experiences can take a lot of energy. Talking with a therapist in a supportive, confidential and non-judgemental setting can help you become more fully yourself, feel at ease in yourself and your relationships, and live a more fulfilling life. The therapeutic relationship is central to the way I work. Therefore, trust is key as we work through your experiences, past and present, in a contained and thoughtful environment.

Sexual identity:

Gay
Queer

Gender identity: Male

Gender history: As assigned at birth

Non-monogamy: Yes

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: Yes

Personal pronouns: he/him

Qualifications - Links to websites:

My psychotherapeutic counselling training lasted four years, and I trained at the Metanoia Institute in Ealing, London. I hold a Clinical Postgraduate Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapeutic Counselling and a Diploma in Transactional Analysis, Middlesex University, London. My website has full details about my experience, training and how I work; www.clintonraminhos.co.uk

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Experience and approach:

I am a humanistic integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor trained in relational transactional analysis. I also draw on psychodynamic and relational approaches in my work. This means I hold a belief that all people matter and deserve respect and validation. We all have the potential to be authentic and fulfilled human beings. We have a natural tendency to move towards what we need so long as our environment has been accepting and supportive of who we are and our needs.

Sometimes in our earlier experiences, many of us learn that parts of us or some of our needs are not acceptable to those around us which may result in us being unable to fully accept ourselves or recognise what we need. These experiences shape our personalities and relationships, which can prevent us from being autonomous and spontaneous in the here and now. This can lead to anxiety, depression, relational difficulties, shame, trauma, and other forms of psychological distress as we learn to adapt and ignore what we need.

In a therapeutic relationship where there is acceptance, empathy and trust, we can learn to understand our experiences and improve how we relate to ourselves and others. This can increase our self-awareness and enable us to learn to accept ourselves and our needs (e.g., the need for love and care, respect, rest, excitement, relationships, expression of anger or tears...) and choose to make lasting changes to our lives. As problems often arise from relationships, they are also healed through relationships.

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