What approaches & tools may be used?

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is one of the most widely used therapeutic approaches.

CBT helps identify and change unhelpful thought patterns, beliefs and behaviours which may be keeping you stuck. CBT can challenge distorted thoughts such as “I am always going to fail”, and develop more balanced ways of thinking leading to improved wellbeing.

CBT is used to reframe negative thoughts that may be prohibiting growth, using instead facts and reason for more rational and positive ways of thinking. This can enable a shift, mood changes, and reduce the need for destructive, avoidant, or unhelpful behaviours.

CBT places emphasis on the ‘here and now’ focusing on what is observable and present.  But is also used to reflect on past experiences to understand the origins of negative thought patterns.  This can enable longstanding issues to be addressed, and life’s challenges to be managed better, paving the way for lasting change.

Psychodynamic therapy focuses on past experiences and relationships, exploring how the unconscious mind and early life experiences may be motivating present behaviour.

Psychodynamic therapy looks to uncover unconscious processes that may be influencing unhelpful emotions and behaviour, to help identify what may be driving behaviour, to identify patterns, and defence mechanisms. 

Working towards more freedom from past experiences that may have been keeping you stuck on repeat.

DBT skills can help manage intense emotions, self-harm impulses and addictive behaviours.

There are many DBT tools and exercises that can be learned to help, such as developing self-acceptance, to improve distress tolerance, and to develop healthier ways of managing emotions.

The Humanist approach focuses on the quality of the therapeutic relationship using empathy, non-judgement, congruence, and unconditional positive regard.

Person centred counselling allows the client to take control of where they want to go where therapy is not directive.

The Counsellor collaborates to help you learn how to tune in and recognise your “actualising tendency” with an understanding all humans have an inner wisdom to self heal and reach their full potential.

This approach helps you understand attachment patterns formed in childhood.  Such as avoidant, anxious or disorganised, with each style underlying how you attach and relate to other people. 

Understanding these patterns enables you to work towards healing emotional wounds and build healthier, and long lasting relationships.

This approach prioritises safety, stability, your choice, collaboration, and empowerment.

Trama informed therapy works to help reduce hypervigilance, to manage triggers and flashbacks.  Helping clients rebuild trust lost as a result of adverse experiences, most commonally from childhood.

It focuses on building resilience, on healing following on from trauma and abuse, with an understanding that mental health difficulties are often as a result of traumatic life events that happened to you, rather than asking “what is wrong with you”.