There are solutions to your problems
At Kipapa we believe that there are solutions out there waiting for you across the whole range of Psychology, not just in the field of “mental health”. So we prefer to talk about solutions not “treatments”. We go beyond the clinical and use a more practical, user-friendly, problem-solving approach. So whatever problem is upsetting you, Kipapa can help. We will help you…
• find solutions for your problems and put them into action,
• change your thoughts, your feelings and your behaviour,
• make the best of a difficult situation when problems can’t be solved entirely.
We combine Therapy, Counselling and Coaching
We offer a blend of Therapy, Counselling and Coaching at Kipapa, because you could need any one of them on your personal journey. If you’re ‘all at sea’, ‘out of your depth’ or ‘drowning’, we’ll use Therapy to help you get out of trouble. If you’re recovering, its like you’ve arrived ‘at the beach’, we’ll use Positive Psychology and Counselling to help you find what you enjoy and where you want to go in life. Then, when you’ve worked out where you want to go, we’ll use Coaching to help you climb your personal ‘mountain’. So when you come to us, you don’t have to choose between psychotherapy, counselling or coaching: we combine them all – sea, beach and mountain.
We blend approaches for you
There are over a thousand different approaches to Psychotherapy, Counselling and Coaching, beyond familiar names like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), or Psychodynamic Therapy. What’s best for you will depend on your problem and the who you are, but how do you choose? With Kipapa you don’t have to. We blend many approaches so that we can tailor treatment to your needs and your personality. We think of your personal development journey as like hiking with a guide: a good working relationship between you and your guide is essential. Plus, your guide needs knowledge and experience of solutions in your problem areas, needs to adapt those solutions to your needs as far as possible, and know skills that you can learn so you can climb faster and more safely to where you want to go. That’s our Integrative approach.
We customise your development journey to you
We can offer this integrative approach at Kipapa because…
• We ask you about your personal journey preferences using our JourneySpec™ survey, which helps us understand what style of therapy will work best for you
• We collect more information from our conversations and surveys with you, and we match that information to solutions in our unique PsycNav software.
• We give you the specialist skills you need, taken from the range of skills and knowledge in our PsycNav library.
We offer solutions for problems at many levels
Your problems are multi-layered, with a biological, psychological, and social component, as you’ll know, if you’ve tried to lose weight, get fit, or give up smoking. So, at Kipapa, we believe you need to tackle your problems at as many levels as possible to gain the greatest success. If you’re depressed or anxious, for example, we’ll consider how you could change your sleep and nutrition, as well as your thinking, your behaviour, and the people you meet. Your problems also exist at both conscious and unconscious levels. So we’ll look at your conscious motives for change, and your unconscious resistance to change. We can consider all these levels effectively only because we map your problems at all those levels using our PsycNav software.
We put solutions in order of priority
You’ll most likely have several problems to tackle, so you’ll most likely need several solutions. And since those problems will be connected we help you apply those solutions in the right order, so that they can have a domino effect on your problems. To help us work out the best order, we use our own tools – The GrowthSpiral and the ProgressWheel. They make sure your personal development journey doesn’t go round in circles. And whatever work we do with you, we are looking to offer more than just solving your immediate problems: we want help you create and follow your Goal Path to a happier, more fulfilled life.
We break the spiral of depression and anxiety
At Kipapa, we know that depression and anxiety come in many forms: they vary according to which of your needs are unmet. So they respond to solutions that fill those unmet needs. If you’re depressed because you’re lonely, you need different solutions from if you think your life is pointless. But if you have several unmet needs, you can get into a spiral of depression or anxiety: you may come to think your life is pointless because you’re lonely. We can break that spiral of depression and anxiety by using the GrowthSpiral to help you meet each of your needs in turn.
We help you progress from stuckness to success
You may understand your problem, but not know what to do about it. That’s where Kipapa’s ProgressWheel can help: it shows how your thoughts could flow naturally from seeing, through doing, to success. If you’re stuck, that means your natural flow of thought is blocked. Applying solutions with the ProgressWheel helps unblock that natural flow to success. It does step by step what therapy, counselling and coaching have previously done less systematically. Call us and find out how we can help you unblock your life!