Brief Guide to Counselling
Therapy
Therapy is short-term, cost effective, and change-oriented. Statistics from years of client feedback show—therapy is very successful in the long term.
Therapy Style
Boutique style change oriented Narrative Therapy counseling service that fully caters to the needs of a pressured and busy lifestyle.
Range of Skills
Helping people find long-term solutions to individual, couple and family conflict, couple rejuvenation, divorce settlements, stress, eating disorders, grief, loss, illness, financial issues, time maintenance, depression, job loss, trauma, sexual abuse, relationship affairs, relationship health, career change, alcohol and drug misuse, violence, elder parents (alzheimer’s, terminal illness etc.), isolation, compelling thoughts and anxiety.
Global Reputation
Dr Stephen Madigan is an award winning therapist who has gained an international reputation for providing excellent change based therapy to his clients. He has trained thousands of therapists in Narrative Therapy worldwide. His therapy work has been highlighted in Newsweek Magazine, The Psychotherapy Networker, NPR, the CBC and scores of International newspapers, publications and books (see references).
Confidential
Guarantee of confidential service.
Who Can Benefit
Assists individuals, couples, families and organizations to quickly move away from problem saturated situations and towards preferred resolutions.
Tape Recording
All clients are encouraged to tape record their therapy sessions with Dr Madigan.
Medication
Dr Madigan does not prescribe medication. He does not support giving people labels, nor does he work within the boundaries and labels defined within the DSM IV diagnostic manual. His therapeutic preference is to help clients work drug and label free. He believes that medications are currently over prescribed but can be, necessary from time to time.
Research
Hundreds of client feedback forms report Dr Madigan’s unique brief counseling style as “excellent”, “amazing”, “life changing”, “life saving” and “ very helpful” etc.
Change
Change will happen.