Therapy approaches
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is an evidence based therapy approach and an effective treatment for a wide range of difficulties. Therapy aims to enhance your understanding of how thoughts, feelings and behaviours influence each other in ways that can be helpful or unhelpful.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is one of two treatments recommended by the World Health Organisation for the treatment of trauma related difficulties such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The psychotherapy enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that have resulted from traumatic life experiences. EMDR Therapy is now also being used for a wider range of mental health conditions where memories have been paired with residual cognitive, emotional and somatic disturbance.
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) an evidence-based treatment for young children with behavioural and emotional difficulties that places emphasis on improving the quality of the parent-child relationship and changing parent-child interactional patterns. PCIT uses a unique combination of behavioural therapy, play therapy, and parent training to teach more effective parenting techniques and treat children between ages 2 and 7 years.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy that can be effective in treating mood disorders, suicidal ideation, and for change in behavioural patterns such as self-harm, and substance abuse. DBT is designed to help people increase their emotional and cognitive regulation by learning about triggers lead to reactive states; and by helping to assess which coping skills to apply in the sequence of events, thoughts, feelings, and behaviours to avoid undesired outcomes. DBT has been used to treat people with depression, drug and alcohol problems, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injuries (TBI), binge-eating disorder, and mood disorders.
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