Which Therapy ?
Our counsellors are able to offer you a combination of therapies, some of which are listed below. Our ability to prescribe different therapeutic methods means treatment can be targeted to the individual and types of problems experienced.
The therapies we practice are:
Psychiatry:
A psychiatrist is a qualified medical doctor who has obtained additional qualifications to become a specialist in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental illness and emotional problems.
Because of their extensive medical and psychiatric training, psychiatrists are able to view illness in an integrated way by taking into consideration the relationship between physiological and psychological causation of mental illness.
Psychiatrists are trained both to recognise and treat the effects of emotional disturbances on the body as a whole, as well as the effects of physical conditions on the mind. This is particularly important, as many emotional disturbances affect various parts of the body and physical illnesses can certainly affect the mind. A psychiatrist's medical and psychiatric training allows both the physical and emotional to be kept in perspective.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT):
CBT is a clinically and research proven breakthrough in mental health care. Behaviour therapy helps you weaken and break the connections between stress-inducing situations and your habitual reactions to them. Reactions such as fear, depression or rage, and self-defeating or self-damaging behaviour.
It also teaches you how to calm your mind and body, so you can feel better, think more clearly, and make better decisions.
Cognitive therapy teaches you how certain thinking patterns are causing your symptoms - by giving you a distorted picture of what's going on in your life, and making you feel anxious, depressed or angry for no good reason, or provoking you into self-destructive or sabotaging actions. When combined into CBT, behaviour therapy and cognitive therapy provide you with very powerful tools for stopping your symptoms and getting your life on a more satisfying track.
Treatment is individually tailored to be responsive to your needs and aspirations.
