What I offer help with, including clinical supervision




          Age range...........



    • I work with clients across all ages from adolescents upwards.


    • However, I do not work with young children. I have worked with clients as young as 12 years old, but this depends on the ability of the young person to engage.
    • If you are under 13 years old, I will require parental / legal guardian consent.
    • I am happy to be flexible here, so please contact me to discuss further.




      What I offer help with




    CBT helps a very wide range of difficulties.  I work with clients on a 1-1 basis usually face to face.


    As well as face to face sessions, I am also offering on request, and will continue to offer

    after lockdown, video sessions (including Zoom, FaceTime, WhatsApp, Skype)

    for clients locally and beyond. I am however not offering EMDR via video link.



    Anxiety

    (Panic Attacks, agoraphobia, shyness, social anxiety, Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD - Worry),

    Health Anxiety (hypochondriasis)


    Depresssion

    (e.g. low mood, low esteem)


        Phobias

          (e.g. storms, spiders, blood, needles, flying, heights, driving, vomiting/choking (emetophobia), dogs,  cats,

          mice, rats etc.


    Obsessional Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

    (checking, cleaning, hoarding, unwanted thoughts, rituals)

    Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)

    Habit Disorders

    (e.g. hair pulling - trichotillomania, skin picking)


    Eating Disorders

    (Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder)


    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

    Trauma from past (e.g. abuse, accidents)

    Sleep problems

    Tranquilliser Dependency

    (benzodiazepines, sleeping tablets - e.g temazepam, diazepam etc). NB working with your prescriber

    Bereavement

    Bipolar Disorder

    Personality traits

    (e.g. perfectionism, self doubt)

    Anger / Temper

    Past experience

    I will be offering EMDR when face to face therapy resumes

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    Clinical supervision for CBT psychotherapists




    I also offer clinical supervision to other cognitive behavioural therapists on a private basis. I have been an accredited (BABCP) supervisor and trainer since 2006 and offer 1-1, and group sessions where there is a demand.


    I am happy to meet face to face or via eg Facetime, telephone etc. Supervision fees are £50 per hour.

     





    This may be your first meeting with a psychotherapist, or you may have received help via a different model of therapy. Sessions are aimed at being as relaxed as possible. Some clients feel understandably anxious about their first meeting. This website is aimed at answering questions you may have and helping you not to feel anxious. Don’t forget, the aim is to offer you help so you can move forward.


    The assessment session is two-way, helping me to find out more about you and your difficulty so I can decide whether I believe I can help. (It is usual for me to offer a course of therapy, but I cannot make this decision until we have met. An assessment therefore, is not necessarily an offer of therapy.)


    This meeting is also for you to find out more about cognitive therapy, and how I work so you can also make a decision whether or not to proceed into a course of therapy. You will not be expected to make this decision in the assessment session (if an offer of therapy is made) unless you are sure when we meet. I am happy to give a reasonable length of time for you to make this decision so you can think and discuss with others – usually up to 1 week.


    If we begin working together, I offer an initial course of 6 sessions, (usually weekly/fortnightly and sessions last up to 1 hour). The 6th session is a review where we evaluate progress together. This does not necessarily mean we end meetings. If we decide to continue meeting, we organise another course of sessions and review. Reviews help evaluate progress and maintain focus.


    Please look at the documents on my home page especially on confidentiality and GDPR


    I look forward to meeting you and hope I can be of help. Please do contact me if you have any further questions.