Oskars Grins

Background

About Oskars Grins

A person-centred counsellor with experience in providing short- and long-term therapy for adults; in person, text-based sessions, online, and telephone. I am a Registered Member of the BACP (MBACP); a Graduate Member of the BPS (GMBPsS); and hold Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) with the BPS. Currently in clinical supervision, and working toward various continual professional development projects. I work with a range of mild, to moderate mental health needs including stress, anxiety and depression; through to attachment difficulties, substance abuse, trauma, and personality disorders. • Provide initial assessment of client needs and expectations; risk assess • Establish therapeutic goals and approach through a shared decision making approach • Engage ongoing therapeutic reviews of client needs and progress; refer on when necessary • NHS familiarity • Experienced in solution-focused approach and open-ended sessions • Comfortable with client risk and needs assessment • Specialist interest and experience in grief counselling, specifically, palliative and end-of-life care Only with knowing yourself as you are and the root of your distress can you make positive changes. Person-centred therapy is a talking therapy based on the view that everyone has the capacity and underlying desire for personal growth, given the right conditions. As a therapist, I embody and offer such conditions of unconditional positive regard, empathy, and congruence in order to help you come to terms with any negative or overwhelming feelings and to change, develop, and grow in accordance with the best interests of yourself. Being valued as a person without the fear of judgement, in a therapeutic environment, can help you see who you are, fully and honestly, and reconnect with the core of your personal identity, out of which positive growth can occur.