CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy AND EMDR (eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing)
Human beings have an enormous capacity for endurance. We will put up with all sorts of things because we feel we 'should', are afraid of change, or doubt our own abilities. Look at how many people dislike their jobs, struggle with relationships, or bottle up - rather than express - their feelings.
It isn't always clear what is going wrong, and so we soldier on, hoping things will sort themselves out. Eventually something has to give, and that's when working with someone else can be hugely beneficial. Most things in life are easier and more fun when they are done with someone else, and therapy/coaching (in my mind, they overlap) can help you to achieve your goals faster and more easily than if you were working on your own. After all, if it was easy to make changes, we would all do it all the time, wouldn't we?
Sometimes things get so bad that you end up with depression or anxiety, which can have detrimental effects on every aspect of life. This is when therapy can help. CBT is a talking therapy, based on the idea that our thoughts, beliefs and understanding of the world all influence how we react and how we behave. This is why we all respond differently to events, as we see them through our own lenses. So it is important in CBT to touch on how people's beliefs have developed, over time and through interactions with family and environment, but the main focus is on working with what is going on now, in the present moment, rather than the past.
CBT works on identifying the links between thoughts, emotions, how the body reacts, and behaviours. Analysing these helps to reveal how unhelpful thinking styles or negative thoughts and assumptions may have resulted in vicious cycles of beliefs or behaviours, leading to people becoming anxious or depressed.
CBT is highly recommended as therapy for depression, panic/agoraphobia, specific phobias (e.g. fear of flying, or vomiting), social anxiety, health anxiety, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), generalised anxiety disorder, OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), bulimia, BDD (body dysmorphic disorder), and some personality disorders. There is widespread evidence that CBT is effective, and it is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the agency appointed by the government to weigh up various treatments.
EMDR stands for eye-movement desensitisation and reprocessing, and is a highly effective therapy for trauma, and anything which keeps someone 'stuck' and unable to move on. I am training to become an EMDR therapist, and will complete my training in February 2024.
Treatment is on a one-to-one basis, with weekly sessions of 50-60 minutes. Clients bring their expertise about their lives and what they are experiencing, and the therapist brings tools and techniques which have been shown to solve problems. CBT and EMDR both have a strong evidence base to show that they are effective in treating a wide range of issues.
The number of sessions varies, but is typically between 8 and 16 sessions. Currently sessions are delivered via video-conferencing.
It isn't always clear what is going wrong, and so we soldier on, hoping things will sort themselves out. Eventually something has to give, and that's when working with someone else can be hugely beneficial. Most things in life are easier and more fun when they are done with someone else, and therapy/coaching (in my mind, they overlap) can help you to achieve your goals faster and more easily than if you were working on your own. After all, if it was easy to make changes, we would all do it all the time, wouldn't we?
Sometimes things get so bad that you end up with depression or anxiety, which can have detrimental effects on every aspect of life. This is when therapy can help. CBT is a talking therapy, based on the idea that our thoughts, beliefs and understanding of the world all influence how we react and how we behave. This is why we all respond differently to events, as we see them through our own lenses. So it is important in CBT to touch on how people's beliefs have developed, over time and through interactions with family and environment, but the main focus is on working with what is going on now, in the present moment, rather than the past.
CBT works on identifying the links between thoughts, emotions, how the body reacts, and behaviours. Analysing these helps to reveal how unhelpful thinking styles or negative thoughts and assumptions may have resulted in vicious cycles of beliefs or behaviours, leading to people becoming anxious or depressed.
CBT is highly recommended as therapy for depression, panic/agoraphobia, specific phobias (e.g. fear of flying, or vomiting), social anxiety, health anxiety, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), generalised anxiety disorder, OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), bulimia, BDD (body dysmorphic disorder), and some personality disorders. There is widespread evidence that CBT is effective, and it is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the agency appointed by the government to weigh up various treatments.
EMDR stands for eye-movement desensitisation and reprocessing, and is a highly effective therapy for trauma, and anything which keeps someone 'stuck' and unable to move on. I am training to become an EMDR therapist, and will complete my training in February 2024.
Treatment is on a one-to-one basis, with weekly sessions of 50-60 minutes. Clients bring their expertise about their lives and what they are experiencing, and the therapist brings tools and techniques which have been shown to solve problems. CBT and EMDR both have a strong evidence base to show that they are effective in treating a wide range of issues.
The number of sessions varies, but is typically between 8 and 16 sessions. Currently sessions are delivered via video-conferencing.
