Types of Therapy
We offer many types of therapy reflecting the range of difficulties people can have. Please see below for more information on the types of therapy we can offer.
All of our therapies can be offered by telephone, video and in person.
Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (LI-CBT)
LI-CBT is a brief, focused form of therapy. You will work one-to-one with a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) to help you overcome mild to moderate feelings of depressed mood and anxiety.
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners work together with you to guide you through evidence-based self-help courses of treatment, based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. You may use workbooks, information sheets and other techniques to help you improve the way you feel. This teaches you to work out what the current problem is you are experiencing and how to move forward, helping you to become your own therapist. You will be helped to set goals, and between sessions the clinician will encourage you to put your new skills into practice.
Internet Therapy
Internet therapy is a brief and structured form of therapy which uses a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach. This form of therapy is suitable for individuals who experience feelings of depressed mood and anxiety. With this form of therapy you will need to have access to the internet and be able to work through online modules flexibly in your own time. You will have a weekly 1-1 call with a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) who will review your progress of working through the online self- help materials. With internet therapy you will have access to different online courses which all include self-help worksheets, informational videos and audio recordings. You will use the online course, and your weekly review calls with your PWP to set goals and put the new skills you learn in to practice.
Person-Centred Counselling
Counselling provides you with a chance to explore your feelings, learn more about yourself and how to cope with your emotions.
For more information go to: www.bacp.co.uk
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT is based on the theory that over time difficult experiences can negatively influence the way we think and therefore how we feel and behave. As a result, we may develop behaviours to try and cope with the way we are feeling. However, in the long-term these coping strategies can lead us to become trapped in a vicious cycle, which can lead to problems such as depression and anxiety.
Together with your CBT therapist, you will work on identifying your unique patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Once we have a shared understanding of what is maintaining your problem, then we can work together to find alternative ways of thinking about things and responding to situations, in order to improve the way you feel.
For more information go to: www.babcp.com
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
IPT is a time-limited and structured form of therapy. The central idea in IPT is that depressed mood can be understood as a response to current difficulties in relationships. In turn, the depressed mood can also affect the quality of our relationships.
IPT focuses on four areas of relationships: conflict with another person, life changes, grief and loss, and difficulty in starting or maintaining relationships.
An IPT therapist will work with you to understand your current difficulties and learn about your symptoms, before focusing on an area which is most relevant to you at this time.
For more information go to: www.iptuk.net
Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
CAT is widely used to help with issues such as depression, anxiety, personal and relationship problems. Working together with your therapist, we will try and understand patterns of unhelpful behaviours that are causing difficulties; patterns which often tend to stem from difficult and traumatic experiences within our early relationships and childhood.
We will look at what has prevented changes happening in the past with the aim of helping you to recognise these patterns and understand how they started. The goal of CAT is to develop alternatives to these patterns of behaviour to understand better how to move forward in the present. Questions like: “Why do I always end up feeling like this?” become more answerable.
For more information go to: www.acat.me.uk
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR is based on the theory of the adaptive information processing model which suggests we all have a system that processes all experiences. However, when we experience trauma, this natural process can be interrupted and the trauma becomes 'stuck' leading to reliving experiences, such as flashbacks, nightmares and physical sensations or symptoms. EMDR uses bi-lateral stimulation, typically eye movements (by following your therapists fingers), or a light beam, or alternatively through tapping, to stimulate our bodies natural emotional healing system to process traumatic memories. This typically leads to a reduction in symptoms of trauma and the re-experiencing, or reliving, of a traumatic memory.
EMDR is a therapy primarily used to treat trauma and for working with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). It can also help with a range of other issues such as phobias, bereavement, anxiety & depression.
For more information go to: www.emdrassociation.org.uk
Counselling for Depression (CFD)
Counselling for Depression (CFD) explores the emotional problems that underpin depression. Working together with your therapist to explor underlying emotions which could be the cause of the depression. Through this exploration CFD can help you gain insight into your emotions which facilitates a greater understanding of current difficulties. This can support you to manage and reduce distress both in the present and the future.
For more information go to: www.bacp.co.uk
Couples Counselling for Depression
Couple Therapy for Depression is a time limited 'evidence-based’ therapy which deals with mild to moderate depression and the relationship distress.
People might benefit from Couple Therapy for many different reasons. It may be that the relationship has broken down or that there is anxiety that it might.
Pressures from work, money, children, family tensions, and ill health, can all contribute to creating problems, and these problems can lead to depression and other difficulties for one or both partners. Sometimes couples can’t talk to each other, and meeting with a couple therapist can open the way to better communication, which is a key part of improving relationships and treating depression.
Primary Care Mental Health Workers
Our Primary Care Mental Health Workers provide brief psychological approaches drawn on a range of therapy types. Therapy will help you to develop strategies, build resilience and provide techniques to help improve your mood and/or reduce your anxiety. Approaches may include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy and Motivational Interviewing
