What Therapies do I Offer?
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the evidence based theory that our thoughts, behaviours, physical sensation and feelings are all interconnected. They impact each other in different ways and negative thoughts and unhelpful behaviours can leave people trapped in a unhelpful and vicious cycle. CBT focuses on helping people to break these cycles and learning more helpful, adaptive and positive patterns of thinking and behaving. CBT is a recommended treatment by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) for a wide range of mental health difficulties.
Eye Movement Desensitation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
Eye Movement and Densensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapy used to help people recover from distressing events and the problems that have occurred since such as flashbacks, upsetting thoughts or feelings of depression or anxiety. It aims to help the brain “unstick” and reprocess the memory properly so that it is no longer so intense. It also helps to desensitise the person to the emotional impact of the memory, so that they can think about the event without experiencing such strong feelings. In EMDR a person is asked to recall the traumatic event while they also move their eyes from side-to-side, hear a sound in each ear alternately, or feel a tap on each hand alternately. These side-to-side sensations seem to effectively stimulate the “stuck” processing system in the brain so that it can reprocess the information, so it feels less intense and more like an ordinary memory. It is recognised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.