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Psychological Therapies

Family Interventions

What is family therapy? Family and systemic psychotherapy – also known as family therapy – can help those in close relationships to better understand and support each other. It enables family members to express and explore difficult thoughts and emotions safely, understand each other’s experiences and views, appreciate each other’s needs, build on family strengths, […]

EMDR

EMDR is an acronym for ‘Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing’. EMDR is a powerful psychological treatment method that was developed by an American clinical psychologist, Dr Francine Shapiro, in the 1980’s. As a Senior Research Fellow as the Mental Research Institute (in Palo Alto, USA), she published the first research data to support the benefits […]

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

This page is about Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Before we describe MBCT we explain what mindfulness is. Unhelpful habits of mind… Many of us spend a lot of time brooding about the past, worrying about the future and being hard on ourselves. These habits of mind are difficult to control and often leave us feeling […]

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy? Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) uses and teaches mindfulness and acceptance strategies that help people develop psychological flexibility. It can help people recognise how trying to supress challenging experiences can cause problems. Instead it helps people accept their negative thoughts and feelings and become better at taking action towards […]

Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)

What is Cognitive Analytic Therapy? Cognitive Analytic Therapy, also known as CAT, is a talking therapy that mainly focuses on relationship patterns. It is based on the idea that our early life experiences influence the way we relate to other people and how we treat ourselves. This means that sometimes patterns of behaviour, or our […]

Person Centred Therapy (PCT)

What Is Person-Centred Therapy? Person-centred therapy is a talking therapy which allows clients to take more of a leading role in helping them develop and grow in their own way, discovering their own solutions. It aims to facilitate self-discovery, self-acceptance, and provides a means toward healing and positive growth. The therapist acts more as a […]

Dialectic Behavioural Therapy (DBT)

What is DBT? Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is a psychological treatment to assist people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder or those displaying borderline personality traits in learning and applying skills to improve their life. It consists of both individual therapy and group skills training. Alternatives to DBT DBT is an evidence based treatment for borderline […]

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

What is cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)? CBT is a psychological talking therapy that helps people look at how they are thinking about themselves, the world and other people (the cognitive bit), and how what they do (the behavioural bit) affects how they are feeling. CBT does not ignore early childhood experiences but it is more […]

What are Psychological Therapies?

The term ‘psychological therapy’ refers to a range of interventions to help people understand and make changes to their thinking, behaviour and relationships to relieve distress and to improve their functioning, well-being and quality of life. The most common psychological therapy modalities include cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), psychodynamic psychotherapy, interpersonal therapy, arts therapies (including art, […]