Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
In my psychotherapeutic work, I take a very individual approach to your concerns and therapeutic goals. The methods I use are based on the scientific findings and are adapted to your needs in order to provide you with the best possible support for your mental health.
Individual support for mental challenges
I help you to cope with stressful situations, strengthen your resources and regain your emotional wellbeing. Below you will find an overview of problems I can assist you with.
Anxiety
Using CBT I can help you in manage your anxiety, by enabling you to feel more grounded in your day to day. I can help to calm the "what if" worries and feel content with what is.
Depression
If you're struggling to find joy in your life and feeling trapped by heavy thoughts, I can help give you the tools to make each day feel lighter.
PTSD
Trauma can leave us stuck in a cycle of reliving an incident and holding feelings of guilt, shame and anger for what happened. I can help you to reclaim your life and process traumatic memories using evidence based techniques.
OCD
Obsessive thoughts can vary in themes for example harm OCD, religious OCD and contamination OCD. I can support you in overcoming your compulsive behaviours by helping you to identify their role in maintaining your intrusive thoughts.
Health Anxiety
If you are frequently distressed by worry that something is wrong in your body, despite medical professionals confirming you are healthy, I can help you to break away from behaviours of avoidance, reassurance seeking and checking.
Social Anxiety
Using techniques I can help you quieten self critical voices that tell you "I'm going to embarrass myself" or "I look stupid". If these voices are holding you back from interacting with others, we can work together to gain confidence in social situations.
Panic
I can provide you with tools to reduce the misinterpretation of physical symptoms of anxiety like such as a racing heart being interpreted as an oncoming heart attack. I can offer you tools to help you understand your body and challenge such beliefs, enabling you to let go of comfort behaviours such as avoidance of specific environments.
Low Self Esteem
Together we can get to the root of challenges that have affected the way you see and value yourself and empower you to feel confident in living your life through challenging negative assumptions.
Phobias
If you experience a fear of a particular object or situation, I can offer you the techniques to prevent avoidance and challenge your beliefs about your ability to cope when coming into contact with the feared object/situation using evidence based techniques.
Adjusting to Long-Term health conditions
Chronic illness or injury require being kinder to yourself and implementing adaptations to your day to day life. I can help you to become more accepting of these changes and challenge beliefs about the way you see your illness.
Get the peace of mind you deserve
I would be happy to accompany you in starting and deepening this process. Write to me or give me a call to take the first step.