About Our Services

Child and Adult Therapy Service

Our adult and child therapy programs are based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) which has been shown to be effective for many psychological problems. In CBT you develop an understanding of the role your thoughts and behaviours play in creating and maintaining emotional distress and a range of skills is taught to help you challenge and modify unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, and produce different emotional responses.

Before we decide on a program of treatment for you, psychological assessments are conducted in order to clearly understand your individual presenting problems. A full assessment often covers 2-4 appointments and a range of strategies are employed, including clinical interview, structured interviews, and client self-report measures.  A picture emerges of the factors responsible for the development and maintenance of your psychological problems, and a treatment plan is derived from this formulation.

For child therapy clients, behavioural assessments may also be conducted. These gather information from parents and care givers, teachers and the child about possible cognitive and psychological problems that may be impacting on the child’s behaviour.

Following the initial assessment, problem formulation and treatment recommendations, should we believe that your needs are better met by an alternative service, contact details for that service will be provided to you and we will help facilitate your introduction to that service.

We also offer specialised services in the following areas:

• Anxiety Disorders 
• Child Assessment