How we can help with the following...
Anxiety
Therapy to work with a variety of anxiety issues. Generalised anxiety disorder, panic attacks, addictions, binge-eating, hormonal and menopausal anxiety (including hot flushes and night sweats), agoraphobia, performance anxiety, social anxiety, phobias and health anxiety. Our therapists use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, counselling, schema therapy and/or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help you face your fears and worries, build your resilience to anxiety and help you to lead a rich and fulfilling life.
Depression
Therapy for Depression and low mood or post-natal depression (PND).
Helping you identify the thoughts, behaviours and patterns which are maintaining your depression. We use counselling, CBT, behavioural activation, sleep-wake therapy, EMDR, ACT and schema therapy according to what suits individual clients, your age and preference.
Sleep issues
Sleep issues and insomnia include difficulty getting to sleep, staying asleep or waking up too early as well as nightmares and night terrors and narcolepsy. Our sleep expert Joanna Hogan can help you identify what is keeping the sleep problem going and how to address this. Joanna draws upon her experience of her work in the NHS London Insomnia Unit and uses CBT for Insomnia or blends this with ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy) to help you sleep well. Joanna works closely with sleep medicine professionals when needed.
For more information, go to the Sleep Clinic page >
Women's Health
Whether you’re struggling with mood swings, sleep issues, heightened anxiety, hot flushes or night sweats, CBT can help alleviate the challenges of the perimenopause, menopause and of pre-menstrual tension, helping women to manage hormonal changes and life changes, to find out more go to the Women's Clinic page >
OCD
OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. OCD can mean experiencing obsessive rumination or self-doubt, vivid disturbing images, intrusions or contamination related fears. Our Therapists are passionate about providing therapy for people with OCD that works. We use CBT as it has the best evidence-base for treating this distressing condition. It is really important that people with OCD work with a practitioner who understands OCD and how to treat it. For further guidance on this please see the OCD Action website for advise on finding an appropriately trained BABCP therapists.
PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. Symptoms include a heightened sense of danger, having flashbacks, have nightmares and feeling stressed or fearful, even in safe situations. According to you preference and presentation we use a blend of counselling, CBT, schema therapy or EMDR, to help you process your feelings associated with the trauma and the meaning you took from the event. Our Therapists bring their compassion and warmth to this approach to ensure you feel safe and supported every step of the way.
Interpersonal difficulties
All our therapists and counsellors are highly skilled at working with interpersonal difficulties. These may be impacted by personality-level difficulties, self-esteem, childhood abuse, relationship-breakdown, life-changes, hormonal changes, trauma and treatment-resistant chronic anxiety and depression. Our Therapists use integrative counselling, CBT and/or Schema Therapy to help you to build new patterns, better skills and to build more effective relationships.