I am a multi-disciplined helping practitioner, which enables me to use a variety of change modalities , coaching strategies and mindset techniques to suit your individual needs. 

I adopt an intergrative therapy approach in our sessions to allow a personalised style, in order to achieve the fastest, most effective results possible.

Read more about the types of therapies I can offer below.

Neuro-linguistic Programming

NLP is more than just tools and techniques; it represents an attitude and approach to achieving goals and getting results. It includes pre-suppositions that help examine daily thoughts and behaviors. Since we interpret the world through our senses, NLP aims to uncover the "coding" behind our actions and emotions, allowing for the development of more helpful perceptions and behaviors. 

Every decision, thought, and emotional response is uniquely analyzed for each individual. By adopting more useful strategies from different experiences and role models, clients can overcome limiting beliefs. Language plays a crucial role, particularly in self-talk, and NLP can help reframe past perceptions and resolve old issues. In an NLP session, clients learn to see their world differently and can experience life-changing transformations through guided techniques.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

CBT has widely been recognised as an effective model of psychotherapywhich has become a popular, evidence based alternative to medication in the mental health profession. It is based on the connection between thoughts, emotions, feelings and behaviours. It looks at how our feelings are based on distortions of thinking, leading to unhelpful patterns of behaviours such as anxiety, fears, confidence and depression. As a type of talking therapy, clients are guided into recognising unhelpful thought patterns, identifying triggers and understanding past experiences. Through structured sessions, clients can overcome their automatic negative thinking and gain more control of how unresourceful reactions can be changed into resourceful responses in order to deal better with  current issues and challenges of daily living.

EFT -Emotional Freedom Technique

EFT, similar to acupuncture, targets meridian points to balance the body's energy, which may help alleviate symptoms from negative emotions or experiences. These points are seen as pathways for energy flow, and imbalances can lead to illness. Proponents believe that EFT tapping accesses energy and signals the brain to reduce stress and negative emotions, restoring energy balance. EFT has shown effectiveness in treating PTSD among war veterans, with a 2013 study reporting significant reductions in psychological stress and over half of participants no longer meeting PTSD criteria after EFT sessions. Anxiety sufferers have also found success with EFT tapping. Unlike acupuncture, which uses needles, EFT involves fingertip tapping.

Brainworking Recursive Therapy

BWRT is defined by Terence Watts – the leading therapist who developed it – as an approach grounded in science.

'It uses natural psychological processes to recondition neural pathways in the brain that lead to unwanted behaviour.'

As a client, you don't even need to discuss your problem in any great detail at all.  As long as you can remember how it makes you feel and react, you can be relieved of all kinds of issues.

BWRT works by reprogramming the brains automated response. Its origins stem from the Libet's experiment which set out to test the notion of free will, involving pushing a button on impulse.The subject was wired up to record activity triggered in the brain which was proven to occur 550 milliseconds before the subject had ‘decided’ to push the button. This then suggests that our awareness in deciding to take action has arrived after activity has already started in our ‘unconscious’ mind.

 It is this cognitive gap which forms the basis for the success of BRWT, in that therapy can be directed straight to the neuralpathways where the presenting problems occur, and act as an interupt to the automatic neural response. 

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy  ACT

ACT stands for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a psychotherapy type that focuses on accepting thoughts and feelings while committing to actions based on values. It is a kind of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) that helps people become more flexible in their thinking and live better lives despite difficulties. 

ACT emphasizes accepting thoughts and feelings without judgment and encourages commitment to values-driven actions, even when faced with tough emotions. The main goal is to enhance psychological flexibility, which means being present, accepting inner experiences, and taking meaningful actions. 

Key concepts include cognitive defusion, which separates thoughts from actions; identifying core values; and committed action, which means taking steps aligned with one’s values despite challenges. ACT is used to treat mental health issues like anxiety and depression and is beneficial for overall well-being in various settings.

Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy can be described as a heightened awareness, focus and attention. You are helped to reach a relaxed state or trance through guided visualisations and imagery to calm the thinking mind and allow the subconcious mind to focus more deeply on a particular problem.

 Gentle suggestions for behaviour changes are really effective during this trance state as you are guided through issues into solutions. 

 Some people remain fully aware during the entire experience. They recall everything that happens and are  able to have conversations while under hypnosis. Other people may experience deeper states of relaxation  that they may feel detached from what is happening. 

Hypnotherapy does not cause you to forget what happened. You will not be asleep or unconscious, and you will be able to break the hypnotic trance at any time.

During hypnotherapy, you remain in control. It is not possible for anyone to force you to do anything against your will, even under hypnosis.