Chris Rottcher

Chris Rottcher trained extensively as an integrative counsellor and draws on a range of therapeutic models throughout the course of therapy. Sessions with Chris focus on authentic communication so that clients feel listened to and understood.

As the therapeutic relationship becomes more secure, clients may grow more comfortable and find it easier to explore deeper issues. Together they can examine past and present hurts and traumas and work to process them in ways intended to support lasting healing and greater balance.

Chris is also trained as a REMA therapist and works from several core principles. He emphasises the relational nature of human beings - recognising that attunement with oneself, others and the environment is important to healthy living. He attends to the embodied experience - acknowledging that mind, emotions, spirituality and sexuality are all contained within the body and that bodily signals can be meaningful in therapy. He supports meaning-making - helping people process events so that meaning can be discovered and hopelessness reduced. He encourages agency - cultivating self-awareness so clients can better understand their actions, gain control and make conscious choices rather than remain passive observers.

When people become stuck, it is often due to difficulties in one or more of these areas, frequently linked to trauma whether recent or arising from childhood. As a counsellor, Chris aims to journey alongside clients and, through authentic communication and the application of therapeutic techniques, to promote healing that helps them feel more whole and balanced.