Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
At Guiding Minds Therapy, we can help with the following:
- Anxiety/ Stress
- Anger
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
- Chronic Pain Management
- Depression
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Health Anxiety/ Hypochondriasis
- High Functioning Autism/ Asperger’s
- Low Self Esteem
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Disorder or Panic Attacks
- Perfectionism
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)/ Trauma
- Relationship Problems
- Self-Harm
- Sleep Issues
- Social Anxiety
- Specific Phobias.
Individuals without a mental health condition can also benefit from CBT. Increasing your awareness of thoughts, feelings and behaviours can help you to achieve your life goals and can help you to manage situations, work and relationships more effectively.
If you are unable to get to the Chelmsford office we are able to offer distance sessions via Skype if required.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Adolescents and Older Children (age 9-18)
CBT can help children and teens with the following problems:
- Anxiety/ Stress
- Anger
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
- Depression
- Exam Anxiety
- Family/ Relationship Issues
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Hair Pulling
- Health Anxiety/ Hypochondriasis
- High Functioning Autism/ Asperger’s
- Low Self Esteem
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Disorder or Panic Attacks
- Perfectionism
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)/ Trauma
- School Refusal
- Self-Harm
- Separation Anxiety
- Sleep Issues
- Social Anxiety
- Specific Phobias, such as vomit and blood and needle phobia
As a qualified PTUK Therapeutic Play Practitioner Claire can integrate play and creative arts techniques into child and adolescent CBT sessions where appropriate.
Sometimes children and teenagers can struggle to verbalise how they are thinking and feeling and creative activities can help them to express themselves.
Play Therapy Tools Claire uses are: Art and Drawing, Clay/Playdough, Sand Tray, Therapeutic Story Telling and Drama/ Role Play.