WELCOME TO Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope is built on the belief that people have the power to make meaningful life changes in the face of overwhelming psychological, emotional, and relational problems. This is done through careful talking and creative work, helping people connect with their values, find better ways to communicate and regain a sense of purpose and control over their own lives.

Whether for a child, family, couple or individual, our aim in therapy is to help people take their lives back from the problems they face and get on with living the kind of lives they want.

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CORE PHILOSOPHY.

At Kaleidoscope Psychology and Psychotherapy, we are experts in helping people build better relationships, with one another and with themselves. Our service ethos derives from a myriad of theories of what it is to be a human being; how we develop, how we connect with others, how we see ourselves and how we become the people we are.

RELATIONAL CREATURES.

From the moment we are born we are in a relationship with others and building a relationship with ourselves. We have relationships with different societal ideas about what it is to be a human being and how we should live our lives. Our relationships are extremely important to who we are, how we see ourselves, how we live our lives and the stories we tell about ourselves. They can provide resilience to life’s challenges or leave us stuck and struggling. At Kaleidoscope, we believe that people of all ages deserve to be in relationships with themselves and others that fulfil them; relationships that help them grow and bring them happiness.

OUR ORIGINS.

Our founder, Dr Paul Walton, has extensive experience working as a Clinical Psychologist and Systemic Family Psychotherapist with adults, children, couples and families over his 15-year career in the public, charity and private sectors. Paul has chosen to specialise in working with people’s relationships through the recognition that people lead happier and healthier lives through having happier and healthier relationships (Felitti et al, 1998; Waldinger, 2016). He has built Kaleidoscope to address the distinct lack of bespoke and expert services able to help people lead healthier and happier relationships.

Therapy we can help with.

If you or a family member is struggling with oppressive thoughts or feelings or you are struggling in your relationships, then we can help.
Please contact us via the form below and take the first step to taking your life back from this problem.

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WHAT WE DO.

Formed from a desire to create a therapeutic service that privileges the lived experience of people and champions their strength and ability to overcome emotional distress. We provide talking, play and creative approaches to psychological therapies to help people become unstuck from the problems they are struggling with. We do this in an empathic and supportive manner, ensuring our clients feel at ease and are free to explore that which matters to them.

WHO FOR.

Kaleidoscope believes that everyone deserves to live a fulfilling, rewarding and valued life. Our role is to help you get there. We work with all forms of psychological or emotional distress and any issues regarding behaviour or relationships. We work with people across the age range, from children to older adults and we pride ourselves on working with all the diversity humanity has to offer. Everyone is welcome

HOW WE WORK.

Our work with you will be bespoke to your specific needs, drawing upon a range of different evidence-based psychological therapies. We will start off by discovering a bit about you and what you are wanting to get out of therapy before discussing the best ways forwards. Our therapy will be a collaboration, something done ‘with you’ rather than ‘to you’. Working together is what we do best.

We want to help you overcome the problems you face through our evidenced based, relational approaches to psychological therapy.

Please click on the box below that corresponds to the type of help you’re looking for and take the first step to taking your life back from this problem.

Struggling as a family

Have a child who is struggling

Struggling as a couple

Struggling with your ‘self’

Struggling as a separated family

If you are unsure what type of help you’re after, please contact us via the form above and we’d be happy to help you make sense of this situation.

What other people say.

Our sessions with Paul were invaluable.

We daily face new problems and challenges, all of which add to an ongoing situation. Paul always demonstrated a high level of understanding of our complex scenario/despair and was able to help us understand the recurring themes. Most importantly, Paul helped us try to understand how to live with our ongoing circumstances and to focus on the things we could control and not to apportion blame/frustration on ‘innocent’ people around us.

Paul listened, he remembered, and he helped us draw together and untangle the knots so that we can accept and move forward with our ongoing challenges.

SG & LG(Couple)

Paul worked with me during a period where both my personal and working lives became extremely difficult to navigate.

He took time to understand me not just in terms of the crisis I was experiencing, but as a whole person, and what had contributed to me getting to that point. This in turn allowed me to understand myself better, recognise patterns and to learn from my experiences to date.

He provided a balance between support and challenge, and while he encouraged me to reflect on my experiences, he was also keen that I focused on future action, utilising a number of techniques that required me to put some effort in and really participate in the process.

Due to Covid 19, all of our meetings were on line. I know that establishing a connection with someone in this way requires real skill, and Paul made it look easy.

SB(Online therapy)

We went to see Paul to ask for help as a family. Our adopted daughter who is 9 years old had issues with attachment and slight behavioural attributes. Paul helped the family work through these and we now have a good family life and many of the issues have been resolved and as a family we feel much more complete and have now a happy home life. This took 17 sessions with Paul but these were worth the effort and we cannot thank Paul enough for his help.

CH, OH, MH & EH(Family)

I have worked with Paul for a long time now, dealing with specific problems at what was/is a very difficult time in my life. I am incredibly thankful for all the help, professionalism and approach used by Paul. Every therapy session I always felt like I was listened to and valued.

To say my therapy sessions have helped me is an understatement, working with Paul has given me so many different ways of thinking and viewing situations. It was so helpful having a therapist who was patient and non-judgemental there was never a time I felt judged or rushed, I would never hesitate to go back for more therapy in the future if I ever felt like I needed it, I highly recommend Paul if you want an authentic, professional and understanding therapist who is very reliable and friendly. Thank you Paul.

SR(Individual)