Essex > Manningtree > CO : 11 > Polly Plowman Name:   Polly Plowman    I practise at:   Manningtree, Essex CO11   Website:   http://plowmanpsychotherapy.co.uk     Phone:   01206 393104      Professional    membership:   BACP  -  British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy   UKCP  -  United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy   I am an experienced psychotherapist and counsellor, who has worked with a very wide range of people and problems during my career. My initial training was in a transpersonal approach (Integrative Psychosynthesis), but I have subsequently broadened my scope to work in a short-term solution-focussed way and to integrate existential, psychodynamic, gestalt and other styles into my work. I also work as a clinical supervisor and psychotherapy trainer both here and abroad. For further information visit my website. My Approach Attention and respect I listen with attention and respond to you directly, to help us both clarify our understanding of your circumstances and needs. I do not promise always to agree with you, but will discuss with you the implications of differences between our points of view. Confidentiality I hold in confidence discussions in counselling and psychotherapy sessions, in line with the BACP Ethical Framework. In other work, such as consultancy and supervision, the extent and limits to our confidentiality are openly negotiated between us. Relevance and pacing I take care to check with you regularly that the work we do is important to you and relevant to your goals, and I stay in dialogue with you about the speed and depth of the work, to make sure that it always remains both productive and safe. In on-going work of any kind, we do not end the sequence of meetings unexpectedly. Freedom of choice, in relationship The basis of my work is relationship, so I bring my own views and personality to the work. I do not expect to conceal myself behind a professional role, but instead offer a personal meeting with you, whether as client, supervisee or student. My priority is always to create a relationship where your choices and decisions can become clearer and more profoundly connected to your values: to help you recognise and articulate what is important to you. Although I may well offer various techniques and exercises to help with this, my primary tool is always the dialogue between us. Key words for this entry: Supervision.