What can we help with?
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Whilst we specialise in helping young people and adults who have physical health conditions, we are experienced in helping with a wide range of other psychological difficulties. We have over 35 years combined experience working as qualified clinical psychologists in health care settings. Our service focusses on working with clients aged 14 years and above.
Physical Health Conditions
Adjustment to diagnosis and treatment
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Helping to improve adherence with treatment and reduce anxiety around medical procedures, including advice to make medical procedures easier
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Decision making about treatment options and timing, including pre and post operative psychological assessments
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Bereavement and loss
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Social confidence with friendships and other relationships
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Coping stragegies for low mood and anxiety
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Common psychological difficulties
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Anxiety problems (including phobias, panic, worry)
Low self esteem
Work stress/burnout
Trauma
Sleep problems
Low mood
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Sports performance and athlete mental health
Helping athletes prepare psychologically for the demands of competition and training.
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We are experienced in working with a range of difficulties. If you are struggling with a difficulty not listed here, please contact us so we can discuss further whether we can help. We only work with people we think we have the knowledge and expertise to help.
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Assessment Appointments
First appointments with our service are also known as assessment appointments.
Assessment appointments are 50 minutes during which we will work with you to develop a shared psychological understanding of the difficulty, how it might have developed, your goals for change and the psychological therapy that may be helpful in achieving these.
We may ask you to complete a questionnaire to help us measure some of the difficulties you are experiencing.
If the appointment is for a young person we will offer to see them on their own (depending on their age), as well as together with parents/carers.
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At the end of the first session, we will discuss a plan for evidence-based therapy that is tailored to you. You will be given a tailored plan of what might help, how many sessions we advise and self-help strategies to practise at home. We provide a full written assessment report as part of our assessment package.
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Find out about prices here
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Therapy Appointments
Developing a safe and open space within the context of a supportive therapeutic relationship is important to us.
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We are trained and experienced in working with a wide range of evidence based psychological therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT).
We can draw on these different approaches to provide evidence based tailored interventions for you and your family.
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Therapy sessions with our service are approximately 50 minutes.
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