Below are the types of therapies I use with my clients.
As we are all unique individuals, with our own unique issues based on our own life experiences, I like to work in a very dynamic way using all of these modalities to get the best results.
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CBT
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a talking therapy focused on altering your mindset. Its aim is to confront negative thoughts and behaviour patterns by teaching you practical coping strategies.
These techniques improve your state of mind and give you the power to take control of your illness to get your life back on track. While it’s commonly used to treat anxiety or depression, CBT benefits other physical and mental conditions, too.
CBT is a combination of two therapies: cognitive and behavioural, which examine your thoughts and actions. Together, they provide an optimal solution for people suffering from mental health problems. And patients who stay with the programme are often rewarded with improved mental health and coping mechanisms.
NLP
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a pseudoscientific approach to communication, personal development, and psychotherapy.
NLP involves analysing strategies used by successful individuals and applying them to reach a personal goal. It relates thoughts, language, and patterns of behaviour learned through experience to specific outcomes. Proponents of NLP assume all human action is positive. Therefore, if a plan fails or the unexpected happens, the experience is neither good nor bad—it simply presents more useful information.
Modelling, action, and effective communication are key elements of NeuroLinguistic Programming. The belief is that if an individual can understand how another person accomplishes a task, the process may be copied and communicated to others so they too can accomplish the task.
Clinical Trauma Professional
A clinical trauma professional is a highly trained and skilled individual who specialises in providing mental health care to individuals who have experienced trauma. These professionals typically include psychologists, social workers, counsellors, or psychiatrists who have received specialized training in trauma-focused therapies and interventions. Clinical trauma professionals work with clients who have faced various types of traumas, such as abuse, violence, accidents, or natural disasters, to help them process and heal from their experiences. They use evidence-based techniques to help clients cope with trauma symptoms, manage distressing emotions, and develop healthy coping strategies to rebuild their lives. The work of a clinical trauma professional is crucial in helping survivors of trauma navigate their recovery journey and reclaim their well-being.
Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy, also known as hypnosis, is a type of psychological therapy that uses a relaxed state of mind to treat mental and physical health conditions. It can also help change habits and increase the effectiveness of other psychological treatments.
During a hypnotherapy session, a trained clinical hypnotherapist guides the patient into a deep state of focus and relaxation, also known as a trance. The patient is then more open to suggestions to make changes to their perceptions, sensations, emotions, memories, thoughts, or behaviours. The hypnotherapist may use verbal repetition and mental images to help the patient achieve this state.
RTT
Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT™) is a hybrid form of therapy developed by world renowned therapist Marisa Peer.
RTT embraces many of the positive aspects of hypnosis and hypnotherapy that are known to produce a transformative effect on clients. RTT goes beyond, diagnosing what works with clients to build a new therapeutic approach. Unlike traditional hypnotherapy, RTT does not rely solely on positive reinforcement. Too often this is the sole focus for hypnotherapists.
While using correct, up-to-date, and relevant language when talking to yourself is certainly a part of any transformation, it serves as more of a reinforcement of breakthroughs, rather than the catalyst of them. RTT therapists are able to reach breakthroughs via hypnosis that would not be possible if they were simply trying to reach their subconscious mind via altered language and self-talk. RTT is equipped with an array of techniques and tools that are crucial, not just in teaching you how to communicate with your subconscious mind, but also directly accessing and fixing whatever blockages may be there.
Talking Therapy
Talking therapies are treatments which involve talking to a qualified therapist about your thoughts, feelings and behaviour. There are many different types of talking therapy, but they all aim to:
Give you a safe time and place to talk to someone who won't judge you Help you make sense of things and understand yourself better Help you resolve complicated feelings or find ways to live with them Help you recognise unhelpful patterns in the way you think or act, and find ways to change them (if you want to).
Some people think that therapy is an extreme option, and that unless things get really bad you should try to manage on your own. But this isn't true. It's ok to try therapy at any point in your life, whatever your background. In fact, getting support from a therapist when you're not at crisis point can be really helpful – it might feel easier to reflect on what's going on, and could help you keep things from getting worse.
Compassionate Inquiry®
Compassionate Inquiry® is a psychotherapeutic approach developed by Dr. Gabor Maté that reveals what lies beneath the appearance we present to the world. Using Compassionate Inquiry, both the individual and therapist unveil the level of consciousness, mental climate, hidden assumptions, implicit memories and body states that form the real message that words both express and conceal. Through Compassionate Inquiry, the client can recognize the unconscious dynamics that run their lives and how to liberate themselves from them.
“The purpose of Compassionate Inquiry is to drill down to the core stories people tell themselves – to get them to see what story they are telling themselves unconsciously; what those beliefs are, where they came from; and guide them to the possibility of letting go of those stories, or letting go of the hold those stories have on them …That’s what Compassionate Inquiry is.”~ Dr. Gabor Maté
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative, goal-oriented style of communication that focuses on strengthening personal motivation for and commitment to a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person's own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion. It is designed to empower individuals to change by drawing out their meaning, importance, and capacity for change through respectful and curious interactions. MI requires clinicians to engage with clients as equal partners, refraining from offering unsolicited advice or directives. It is not about imposing change on individuals but rather facilitating their natural process of change while honouring their autonomy. MI is particularly useful in situations where ambivalence, low confidence, desire, or importance hinders a person's willingness to change.