What Therapies Do We Use?
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)?
CBT helps you understand the link between your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Together we identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical skills to improve mood, manage anxiety and create healthier habits.
Most helpful for anxiety, depression, panic, phobia, OCD, PTSD, and many behavioural concerns.
What is Schema Informed Therapy?
Schema therapy involves exploring patterns that began in childhood and still influence your relationships, emotions, and beliefs. It aims to support long-term change by addressing these core patterns.
Helpful for: Ongoing emotional difficulties, personality patterns, trauma, relationship struggles, and long-standing coping styles.
What is Dialectical Behavioural Thrapy (DBT)?
DBT teaches skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. It is designed to help people manage intense emotions and reduce impulsive behaviours.
Helpful for: Highly effective for emotional dysregulation, self-harm, borderline personality traits, chronic suicidality, and ADHD.
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?
ACT helps you make room for difficult thoughts and feelings while taking action guided by your values. It aims to increase psychological flexibility and reduce the struggle with internal experiences.
Helpful for: Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Chronic Pain, OCD, and supporting adjustment to difficult life experiences.
What is Eye Movement Desensitisation Therapy?
EMDR uses bilateral stimulation (such as guided eye movements) to help the brain reprocess traumatic memories and reduce their emotional impact.
Helpful for: PTSD and trauma-related symptoms, Phobias, Anxiety, Grief, and Stress linked to specific memories.
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness involves paying attention to the present moment. It can support with nervous system regulation, reduce stress, and support emotional balance.
Helpful for: stress reduction, anxiety, depression relapse preventions, chronic pain, and improving focus and emotional regulation.