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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) (Accredited -BABCP)-
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EMDR Practitioner trained by Dr Michael Paterson OBE- 'EMDR Masterclass' (Adult Trauma).
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Children/Adolescent EMDR trained by Susan Darker Smith (Child Trauma).' 'Child Trauma Therapy Centre'.
My Approach
What is CBT?
What is EMDR?
Cognitive /behavioural Therpy (CBT) is not a protected title and so anyone can call themselves a 'CBT therapist' or use a CBT approach. So you may have thought you have done CBT in the past but unless this is with a BABCP trained practitioner you cannot guarantee it was really CBT.
I have completed a British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (BABCP) approved course through Queen's University Belfast. Would you go to a dentist or a G.P. if you knew they had done only a few medical modules? Why should the standards for our mental health be any different?.
I have completed intensive training for CBT. It involved over 200 hours of supervised practice. This involved taking weekly videos of practice to discuss how best to improve. It also involved looking at the latest theory and evidence based practice through detailed research into anxiety and depression. Whilst no therapy is 100% effective CBT is the best researched and proven method of intervention currently available with anxiety and depression.
CBT is recognised by National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) (click here) as an effective method of change.
Do you feel like you are putting on a different face to people? CBT is a talking therapy that looks at thoughts, feelings and behaviours and how these all interlink. We may have come to have rules and assumptions about ourselves, others and the world around us which which can be very strict and limit how we react to current stresses. Improving some of these negative ways of looking at life events can help reduce less anxiety and depression (click here for more information from NHS).
How then does CBT work? (click here)
My aim is to work together with you. You are the expert in your own life. An important element is doing tasks in session or at home and this help to challenge some of your perceived fears. The majority of the time what we think is dangerous and harmful to us is not. The only way to prove this is doing behavioral experiments which test out perceived fears.
I also offer Counselling which is more slow paced and which usually lasts longer. As well as EMDR which is very effective at treating trauma. Therapy will be tailored for you to meet your needs.
EMDR is a recognised treatment for
Trauma as recommended by National
Institute for Health and Care Excellence
(NICE). It does not involve retelling
your traumatic story in detail but by
working through the images to allow
your body to heal itself naturally from
the memories that have become stuck.
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