Clinton Raminhos (Epsom)

Name: Clinton Raminhos (Epsom)
Address: 2D Worple Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5ED, United Kingdom
Telephone: 07931390147

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

Living with difficult thoughts, feelings, and experiences can take up much of our energy and affect the quality of our lives. We all need support from time to time and talking with a therapist in a confidential and non-judgemental setting can help us understand ourselves better and live a more fulfilling life. Taking the first step can feel daunting, and it takes courage to reach out and seek support; I invite you to get in touch if you would like to explore together whether I am the right therapist for you. My accepting and thoughtful approach has been particularly supportive to clients looking for support with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, internalised critical messages, shame and relationship problems.

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. 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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