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# Counselling York

Counselling and Psychotherapy with Richard Kershaw, Reg. MBACP(Accred)

## Sitemaps

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## Posts

- [Growing in the garden and in counselling](https://www.counsellingyork.com/growing-in-the-garden-and-in-counselling/) - Counselling and horticulture inform each other Horticulture has a lot to say about how plants grow and change, and therapy has a lot to say about how people grow and change. My experience is that these two worlds inform each other, which we might expect since both plants and people are organic in nature. For
- [Is Your Child Stressed Out? - How to find support](https://www.counsellingyork.com/is-your-child-stressed-out-how-to-find-support/) - Today’s report in The Independent (22nd Nov 2013) reporting that forty five per cent of children aged between 10 and 14 say they’ve been too worried to sleep, while 60 per admit to feeling anxious or sad at least once a week, is sorry news indeed. The findings are based on research involving over 700
- [Making Pilgrimage an Inner Journey](https://www.counsellingyork.com/making-pilgrimage-an-inner-journey/) - Making Pilgrimage an Inner Journey | Counselling and Psychotherapy with Richard Kershaw, Reg. MBACP(Accred)
- [Our first counselling session](https://www.counsellingyork.com/our-first-counselling-session/) - A brief description of what to expect from our first meeting together.
- [Follow Your Heart? But How? - The Kairos Approach](https://www.counsellingyork.com/kairos-approach/) - How do we follow our heart? Using the Kairos Approach we follow our hearts but take our heads with us. A practical guide to knowing what we need and how to make life decisions.
- [Can someone really 'make you feel' bad?](https://www.counsellingyork.com/can-someone-really-make-you-feel-bad/) - The idea that others have so much power that they can 'make us feel' bad, good or anything else discounts our unique ways of responding to situations, and the options we have around using intimacy.
- [Take the 'Feelings 101'](https://www.counsellingyork.com/feelings-101/) - A way to begin to understand, explore and work with our feelings using Transactional Analysis, or 'TA'.
- [Looking more closely at 'Can't'](https://www.counsellingyork.com/looking-more-closely-at-cant/) - Using the word 'can't' when something is, technically, possible may indicate a battle raging between two conflicting parts of ourselves.
- [Beginning to Talk about Feelings](https://www.counsellingyork.com/beginning-to-talk-about-feelings/) - How do we begin to talk about our feelings in a way that's comfortable, safe and useful?
- [Depression - a very personal weight](https://www.counsellingyork.com/depression-a-very-personal-weight/) - Depression is a very personal experience which varies from person to person both in its causes, its impact and its treatment. Counselling is a way through, and in the meantime there are coping strategies.
- [Feelings in our Early Family](https://www.counsellingyork.com/feelings-in-our-early-family/) - The way in which expressing some kinds of feelings was forbidden in early family whilst other 'racket feelings' were allowed.
- [Saving 'Feelings' Stamps](https://www.counsellingyork.com/saving-feelings-stamps/) - The TA model of Psychological Trading Stamps is explained with examples and reasons to find a more effective way forward.
- [The River of Feelings](https://www.counsellingyork.com/the-river-of-feelings/) - This is an idea borrowed from Buddhism with a little help from Transactional Analysis. Imagine standing by a river which is flowing from left to right. On the left, feelings arise and come to the water’s surface, they flow past us then, somewhere to the right, they disappear in the stream. There is a constant
- [Experiencing Stress at Work?](https://www.counsellingyork.com/stress-at-work/) - A simple, supportive self-help approach that begins to identify which internal messages are 'driving us along' at work. Download and complete the TA Driver Questionnaire and begin to understand why we can be so hard on ourselves in work settings as well as in other areas of life.
- [Is your 'Quest for Perfection' causing you stress?](https://www.counsellingyork.com/quest-for-perfection/) - A way forward for those who experience the TA Driver 'Be Perfect.' Effectiveness is maximised by allowing yourself or your work to be 'good enough' for the situation at hand.
- [Is saying 'Yes' when you mean 'No' causing you stress?](https://www.counsellingyork.com/saying-no/) - A way forward for those who experience the TA Driver 'Please Others.' Effectiveness is maximised by responding with negotiation to what people actually say they need (rather than what you guess they need).
- [Is 'Cramming Lots In' causing you stress?](https://www.counsellingyork.com/cramming-lots-in/) - A way to begin making changes for those who have a TA 'Hurry Up' driver.
- [Is 'Keeping Calm and Carrying On' causing you stress?](https://www.counsellingyork.com/keep-calm-and-carry-on/) - A way to begin for those whose TA drivers include 'Be Strong'. Using information from our feelings to know what we need, then going ahead and asking for it, may be a way to maximise our effectiveness.
- [Is Work an Endless Stuggle?](https://www.counsellingyork.com/is-work-an-endless-stuggle/) - A way to begin for those whose TA Drivers include 'Try Hard'. Effectiveness may be maximised by assessing what can be changed and what can't, by checking levels of resources, then by eginning, clarifying, persisting and completing.
- [Dealing with Panic](https://www.counsellingyork.com/dealing-with-panic/) - A four-fold approach to dealing with panic attacks based on clarification, normalisation, coping and exploration.
- [Authentic Feelings - a great source of information](https://www.counsellingyork.com/authentic-feelings-a-great-source-of-information/) - Introducing the TA idea of authentic feelings and racket feelings
- [Approaches to TA](https://www.counsellingyork.com/approaches-to-ta/) - The main schools and theoretical approaches to transactional analysis are described along with their main theoretical models and key people.
- [Introducing Transactional Analysis](https://www.counsellingyork.com/introducing-transactional-analysis/) - What is TA? What are the principles of TA? How is TA organised?

## Pages

- [Welcome](https://www.counsellingyork.com/) - Counselling with Richard Kershaw Reg. MBACP (Accred) Welcome to my website. I've been working with individual clients and couples since 2010 and, together, we have invited change into their lives. We can all change and grow, you can change and grow, it's just that sometimes there seem to be blockages to change; something, some situation,
- [Fees & other Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.counsellingyork.com/fees-faq/) - Details of fees and other FAQ regarding counselling for individuals and couples with Richard Kershaw in York.
- [Psychospiritual Counselling](https://www.counsellingyork.com/psychospiritual-counselling/) - Psychospiritual Counselling | - counselling for creativity, compassion, connection & conscious awareness with Richard Kershaw Reg (BACP) Accred
- [Creating an Effective On-Line Counselling Space](https://www.counsellingyork.com/ocs2-comfortable-space/) - Create an effective space for on-line counselling at home.
- [Couples Counselling - Healing Together](https://www.counsellingyork.com/couples/) - Richard Kershaw MBACP offers counselling to couples in York. For more information contact him on 07875 185954.
- [The OK Corral Revisited](https://www.counsellingyork.com/the-ok-corral-revisited/) - ‘The OK Corral Revisited’ is my response to a key model of Transactional Analysis, ‘The OK Corral’ first set out by Eric Berne in the 1960’s. Since my response is experiential, tracking my internal experiences in relationship, it’s also highly personal. What emerges though is a transpersonal aspect, and a reassurance for those beginning in
- [Writing](https://www.counsellingyork.com/writing/) - This page has links and brief summaries of some of my writing. There are a couple of articles published by Counselling Directory and my ebook 'The OK Corral Revisited' which is freely downloadable. The OK Corral Revisited - ebook 'The OK Corral Revisited' is my response to a key model of Transactional Analysis, 'The OK
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.counsellingyork.com/privacy-policy/) - General Approach □ I aim to work within current UK Data Protection Regulations and BACP guidelines about how I collect, store and delete your personal details & information. □ This Privacy Policy forms part of our Counselling Agreement which you will have been given at the start (or soon after the start) of our work
- [Supporting Trainee Therapists](https://www.counsellingyork.com/supporting-trainee-therapists/) - Supporting Trainee Therapists | - Support for trainees in humanistic counselling modalities who need 'therapy hours' as part of their course requirement.
- [My Therapy Practice](https://www.counsellingyork.com/richard-kershaw/) - I'm a qualified psychotherapeutic counsellor who's been working with people experiencing emotional & psychological difficulties since 2001. Registered and Accredited with BACP and a member of UKATA.
- [Problems at Work?](https://www.counsellingyork.com/work-related-issues/) - Work-related stress and other work problems can be often be effectively addressed in counselling.
- [Services I Offer](https://www.counsellingyork.com/services-i-offer/) - I offer a number of services to individual clients and couples. Click on the links below to discover more... Individual Counselling Individual counselling is a way to meet a wide range of experiences that are taking up too much of our personal energy and attention. Eventually, we know deeply that 'this can't go on'... Psychospiritual
- [Counselling Online](https://www.counsellingyork.com/online/) - Online Counselling for clients living in France whose first language is English.
- [Individual Counselling](https://www.counsellingyork.com/individual-counselling/) - Working with Individuals in one-to-one counselling sessions with Richard Kershaw Reg. MBACP(Accred). I work with individuals in a safe and confidential environment in York.
- [Contact Me](https://www.counsellingyork.com/contact/) - Contact page for the counselling practice of Richard Kershaw MBACP based in York.
- [Find Me](https://www.counsellingyork.com/find/) - Find the counselling practice of Richard Kershaw at 7 East Parade in Heworth, York YO31 7YB. Where to park, Google map etc.
- [Protected Titles in France](https://www.counsellingyork.com/ocs4-protected-titles-in-france/) - When I undertake online counselling from the UK with clients in France I feel I need to be open and clear that the two countries have different frameworks for regulation and registration. Specifically; If I were practising in France I would not be permitted to use the protected title of ‘psychotherapist’ (or psychothérapeute) because psychotherapy
- [Risk Assessment for Online Counselling](https://www.counsellingyork.com/ocs3-risk-assessment/) - When clients meet me face-to-face at my practice in York I offer, if necessary, to communicate with other local professionals or carers. This is a way to improve their standard of care by inviting cooperation. The nature of online counselling, especially if you are overseas, means that this coordination of care is not possible for

## Downloads

- [Couples Healing Together](https://www.counsellingyork.com/sdc_download/couples-healing-together/) - A short guide to getting the most from couples counselling sessions with me. What to bring, and what to leave behind...
- [The OK Corral Revisited](https://www.counsellingyork.com/sdc_download/the-ok-corral-revisited/) - The ‘OK Corral Revisited’ is an experiential re-meeting of a key model from Transactional Analysis, Eric Berne's 'OK Corral'. Bringing 'witness consciousness' to the internal experience of Life Positions invites a personal, and a transpersonal journey.

## Categories

- [Uncategorized](https://www.counsellingyork.com/category/uncategorized/)
- [In The News](https://www.counsellingyork.com/category/news/)
- [Understanding Ourselves](https://www.counsellingyork.com/category/understandingourselves/)
- [Acausal](https://www.counsellingyork.com/category/acausal/)

## Tags

- [TA](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/ta/)
- [transactional analysis](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/transactional-analysis/)
- [TA drivers](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/ta-drivers/)
- [TA driver questionnaire](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/ta-driver-questionnaire/)
- [be perfect](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/be-perfect/)
- [please others](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/please-others/)
- [be strong](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/be-strong/)
- [hurry up](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/hurry-up/)
- [try hard](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/try-hard/)
- [Panic](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/panic/)
- [Anxiety](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/anxiety/)
- [feelings](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/feelings/)
- [anger](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/anger/)
- [fear](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/fear/)
- [sadness](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/sadness/)
- [authentic feelings](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/authentic-feelings/)
- [racket feelings](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/racket-feelings/)
- [work issues](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/work-issues/)
- [buddhism](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/buddhism/)
- [bullying](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/bullying/)
- [Depression](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/depression/)
- [worry](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/worry/)
- [horticultural therapy](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/horticultural-therapy/)
- [physis](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/physis/)
- [organic change](https://www.counsellingyork.com/tag/organic-change/)