Are you struggling to cope and feel the life interfering impact of?
STRESS | ANXIETY | DEPRESSION |BEREAVEMENT | ANGER MANAGEMENT | EMO-TIONAL ISSUES | SELF ESTEEM ISSUES | LONELINESS | MOTIVATIONAL ISSUES | BURN-OUT FATIGUE.
As therapists we can help you work through your struggles, issues, problems. Through psychotherapy, our therapists help people of all ages live happier, health-ier, and more self-empowering productive lives.
In our line psychotherapy, our therapists apply scientifically validated and clinically proven procedures, skills to help people develop healthier, more effective thoughts, emotions and behaviours. There are several approaches to psychotherapy including cognitive-behavioural based, approaches, dialectical behavioural therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, solution focused therapy, compassion focused therapy and other kinds of talk ther-apy that help individuals work through their struggles.
CLARITY, Psychotherapy is delivered to our clients as individual therapies or as a collaborative treatment of different combined therapies or approaches, based on your struggles or problems.
Grounded in dialogue, it provides a supportive environment that allows you to talk in a safe space openly with a professional therapist who’s objective, neutral, and nonjudgmental. You and your therapist will work together to identify and change the thought, emotions and behaviour patterns that are keeping you from feeling or achieving your best.
How we do this;
Why is formulation better than diagnosis?
For instance, if you feel labelled or stigmatised by a previous diagnosis (or aren't even sure if that diagnosis is accurate), then a formulation of what's feeling difficult can be a more holistic, less medicalised way of understanding any issues.
The Perspectives approach to the understanding and treatment of patients with psychiatric conditions offers an alternative to the DSM. The Perspectives approach requires a systematic consideration of the patient's psychiatric condition from 4 perspectives: disease, dimensional, behaviour, and life story.
Why won't my therapist diagnose me?
In some situations, therapists won't provide a diagnosis because they don't think it's essential to the recovery process. Many professionals believe that labels can cause clients to concentrate on the wrong aspects of their mental health condition.
Do therapists diagnose you?
Yes, just like psychiatrists, therapists are trained to diagnose mental health disorders. A therapist will use talk therapy to determine a mental health problem and conduct psychological tests to make a diagnosis. A therapist can also develop a treatment plan for you based on your diagnosis. This treatment plan will usually include a form of therapy such as CBT but may also include medication for which you'll be referred to a medical doctor or psychiatrist.
After CLARITY, we will not only have supported and guided you to solve the problems you brought with you, but you will have learned new skills so you can better cope with whatever challenges arise in the future.
Meet Your Therapists
Gordon
As a current AMACCPH Psychotherapist and registered specialist mental health nurse with current (NMC), Nursing and Midwifery Council active registration. I bring a wealth of clinical experience, therapy approaches and clinical skills that are combined with accredited registration with APT(Association of Psychological Therapies) with a Post Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy, BSc Mental Health Nursing and RAID approach. Our clients will get a uniquely confidentially thorough, professional bespoke service that is person centred and individual to their needs.
Having practised in psychiatry for over 20 years within recognised centres of clinical excellence within the NHS and private sector has afforded me a wealth and diverse of insights into managing, treating and promoting mental health struggles. I have worked in many different areas within the field of psychiatry, including primary care, Child and adolescent mental health services, Forensic healthcare, PICU (Psychiatric intensive care Units. Female secure psychiatric care , Acute Admissions. More intensive therapist training and therapy input in Private Addictions Services as a Clinical Nurse Specialist/Therapist, Forensic Learning Difficulty Units, Elderly mental health Care and with Psychological Therapist with Private clients.
I Specialise in challenging behaviours, personality disorders, maladaptive behavioural issues and mood disorders. Motivational issues, I also currently maintain a professional working relationship with the NHS and other professional bodies.
Kirsten
Working in psychiatry for over 25 years now, within the NHS and private sector has afforded me a wealth of clinical experience and knowledge managing varying difficulties with challenging or disruptive thoughts, emotions and behaviours. Supporting, guiding and promoting positive mental health through various therapeutic approaches. I have worked in many different areas within the field of psychiatry while gaining vast experience as a therapist, including primary care (Community Mental Health Teams) Forensic, PICU (Psychiatric intensive care Units. Acute Admissions. Private Addictions Service as a Clinical Lead, Head Injury Centres , Elderly mental healthcare. and with private clients.