Therapeutic Approach

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - CBT

CBT aims to identify and understand the individuals problems in terms of relationships between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. The approach usually focuses on the difficulties in the here and now. The aim of therapy is to identify and understand problems and facilitate the acquisition and utilisation of new skills and strategies that are used to help combat these problems. There is an emphasis on putting what has been learnt, in sessions, into practice, between sessions.

CBT has a robust research base and is recommended by NICE for treating a number of psychological conditions (including depression and anxiety).

Systemic Therapy

Systemic approaches look to understand the clients difficulties within the context of their relationships. This approach looks at how making changes in these relationships can help to reduce mental health problems and psychological distress. The approach can be used with families, couples or individuals.

Compassion Focussed Therapy - CFT

CFT aims to help people develop and work with experiences of inner warmth and safeness via compassion and self compassion. It can be an especially useful approach for those with high levels of self-criticism who have difficulty in being kind to themselves.

Watch, Wait and Wonder – WWW

WWW is a child led psychotherapeutic approach which uses the infants spontaneous activity in free play to enhance maternal sensitivity and responsiveness, the child’s sense of self and self-efficacy and the child-parent attachment.

The Incredible Years - IY

The Incredible Years is an evidence based parenting approach which aims to promote emotional, social and academic competence and prevent, reduce and treat behavioural and emotional problems. At the heart of the IY approach is a focus on the importance of the parent-child relationship.