Wanting Help?

Contact us for an initial assessment. or discuss a referral with your GP.

If you or someone close to you have:

• Anxiety problems including General Anxiety Disorder, OCD, Phobia, Health Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Performance Anxiety
• Depression both reactive and chronic
• Interpersonal problems
• Anger problems
• Trauma and abuse
• Personality issues or difficulties
• Eating Disorders

then you should consider cognitive psychotherapy.

Cognitive psychotherapy, as practiced here, is a therapeutic approach incorporating CBT, REBT, ST together with MCT and Mindfulness within a strong and collaborative therapeutic relationship, which is seen as important as the techniques employed.

• CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) is an evidence-based, NICE approved, psychological treatment for emotional and personality disorders. It is a ‘talking and doing’ therapy in which talking is used to restructure unhelpful interpretations and beliefs about ourselves, others, and the world; while ‘doing’ allows us to challenge existing thinking and behaviour then test and adopt more functional alternatives.
• REBT (Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy) is based on the theoretical ideas of CBT but focuses directly on philosophical change by identifying and modifying underlying dysfunctional core beliefs. REBT has a model of psychological good health which many clients find helpful.
• ST (Schema Therapy) is an integrated therapeutic approach based on the CBT model, which it extends to include the emotional reprocessing of disturbing past events using imagery and the therapeutic relationship itself. ST is particularly useful where personality issues and abuse are involved in complex disorders.
• MCT (Meta-Cognitive Therapy) is based on the concept that it not so much the content of our thoughts and beliefs that is relevant to emotional disturbance, but rather our thinking strategies, our beliefs about our thoughts and the attention which we pay them. This approach fits well with Mindfulness, which provides a way of changing our relationship to our thoughts.

More information on the cognitive psychotherapy approach is provided on our Theory page.

How much does it cost? A typical course of therapy will be between 6 and 20 sessions and cost between £350 and £1000, although more cost will be incurred for long term work. Therapy is charged on a per-session basis. We will give an indication of how many sessions may be required at assessment but we impose no contractual obligation for a minimum number of sessions. We will typically agree together to hold reviews at specified points. (We request payment at every session by cheque or cash.)

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