As a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist (CBT), I have considerable training and experience in the evidence-based CBT therapeutic approach which means that we work together to tailor individual therapy that matches your needs and preferences and identify suitable tools and strategies to help you move forward with your life.

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What is CBT?

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based talking therapy that looks at the interaction between your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. This cognitive triangle is core for you to make change, or at least influence, one by changing another. My role is to help you develop more balanced and helpful ways of thinking to improve how you feel about yourself and your overall quality of life. In CBT, we aim to understand the unhelpful patterns that might be keeping your difficulties going and trap you in a vicious cycle. CBT helps you to deal with overwhelming problems more positively and realistically by breaking them down into smaller, more digestible chunks that we can then develop new ways of managing these problems so you can move towards achieving your goals. CBT works to facilitate you becoming your own therapist, so you will be able to apply your newly developed skills to problems as and when they arise in the future.

If you want to learn these skills and techniques to change limiting behaviours, negative thinking and beliefs associated with conditions such as anxiety, panic, low self-esteem and depression, then CBT may be the treatment that works best for you and I look forward to supporting you.

Further information about CBT can be accessed here.

Areas I Can Help With

I have experience helping individuals navigate a number of life challenges. If you are unsure whether I would be able to help, please get in touch to discuss further. If I think you need support with difficulties outside my area of expertise I will try and guide you to access appropriate support.

Please find below a list of some of the difficulties I work with:

  • Anxiety
  • Panic
  • Depression and Low Mood
  • Worry
  • Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
  • Low Self-Esteem
  • Low Self-Confidence
  • Self-Criticism
  • Social Anxiety
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Bereavement
  • Complex Trauma
  • Health Anxiety
  • Specific Phobias
  • Work and Exam Stress
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Sleep Difficulties
  • Perfectionism