As a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, I aim to work in an informative, collaborative and transparent way that supports an individual to engage with a therapy that can support helpful change.
Book a sessionI worked in the NHS for 30 years and have recently left to explore other work settings and to set up my own CBT practice. Across my time in the NHS I worked primarily as a mental health occupational therapist with adults in in-patient and community settings. For the past eight years I have worked as a cognitive behavioural therapist offering individual and group treatment to adults experiencing a range of anxiety difficulties and low mood. I enjoy the cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) approach because of the opportunity it provides to increase understanding of not just how a problem or difficulty may have developed, but crucially what is keeping it going. I like the focussed goal centred approach it offers, the chance to experiment with making informed changes to see which ones lead to positive outcomes and more learning. CBT is an active therapy that requires engagement and a commitment to experimenting with change. It might appear simple and straightforward initially, but if it was that simple to make change we would all be doing it! So the commitment to experiment with change is supported by a clear understanding of the rationale behind suggestions and a transparency and collaboration between therapist and client.