Approach
Howlite Therapy offers a space where you can be heard without judgement and begin to reconnect with your inner sense of calm and strength. The Howlite Therapy approach is rooted in Person-Centred Therapy, a model developed by Carl Rogers that recognises each individual’s innate capacity for growth, healing, and self-understanding.
Person Centred Therapy
Carl Rogers created Client Centred Therapy in the 1940s and 1950s, based on the idea that people are naturally good and driven to fulfil their potential. Person Centred Therapy, rooted in Humanistic Psychology, maintains this belief in innate human goodness.
Person-Centred Therapy recognises that, given the right conditions, we all have the potential to grow. Howlite Therapy creates those conditions through warmth, empathy and genuine understanding, providing a space where you can feel heard without judgement and supported in finding your own way forward.
Therapy can help you explore and make sense of challenges such as:
Low mood and anxiety
Relationship or family difficulties
Parenting pressures or life transitions
Work or study-related stress and frustration
Coping with loss, change or trauma
Habits such as self-injury, substance use or patterns of self-criticism
Becoming aware of the habits and patterns that shape how we relate to ourselves, and others can bring greater choice and self-acceptance. Over time, this awareness nurtures personal responsibility, resourcefulness and a deeper sense of peace.
If you feel that those around you don’t understand what you’re going through person centred therapy may be just what you are looking for.
Therapy is not about fixing who you are, it’s about creating a safe space to rediscover your strength, clarity and sense of self, at a pace that feels right for you.
Lorraine’s approach
“My approach is simple yet relational. I’m passionate about helping others and believe that genuine understanding can be transformative. Through active listening and curiosity, I aim to see the world through your eyes, to understand your thoughts, emotions and what matters most to you.
Together, we can explore what feels difficult, recognise recurring patterns and begin to build the changes you want to see in your life. In time, this process can reveal new perspectives, self-awareness and self-trust.”
- Lorraine Ballintine, BA (Hons), Dip. Couns, MBACP (Accred)
“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
— Anais Nin

