Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
This type of therapy (CBT) assumes that stress and psychological problems have several causes and mechanisms that are based on life experiences and beliefs, thoughts, behavior, physical reactions, and emotions that influence each other negatively or positively. The aim of such a therapy is to recognize these mechanisms and to change them in the long term. In psychological counseling, CBT is particularly suitable for dealing with stress and burnout in everyday life.
Schema Therapy
Schema therapy (ST) combines elements from other forms of therapy, including e.g. CBT and psychoanalytic therapy. ST works with so-called parts of a person (e.g. the vulnerable child) or ingrained behavioral patterns (schemas). Therefore, this approach is particularly suitable for people who have recognized problematic behavior patterns in themselves for a long time and need support to break out of them. ST is usually a long-term therapy because it connects emotions of the past with the present and this requires a very good, trusting therapeutic relationship, which must first be achieved.
I am currently looking for UK clients as training case studies as part of my accreditation process in Schema Therapy with the ISST. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you think this may be suitable for you.
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3rd wave therapies
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evolution of CBT that seeks to increase a person's cognitive flexibility; i.e. to question current behaviors and beliefs and, if necessary, to reshape or reinterpret them and then to act on them. ACT is also very suitable for coping with stress in everyday life, but also for identity seeking and decision-making.
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Metacognitive therapy is also an evolution of CBT, which is based on the premise that assumptions (metacognitions) about our ways of thinking determine how we interpret them and the resulting feelings. Identifying and modifying these assumptions can be particularly helpful in times of excessive stress and repetitive thinking and worrying.
Others:
My work is influenced by other psychological theories that I have discovered and found helpful on my path as a therapist. For these I usually have some basic training, but I am not fully trained, e.g. in mentalisation-based therapy, a psychodynamic theory.
All my work is based on the principles of person-centered counselling, which aims to build a trusting therapeutic relationship with my clients, which is essential as a basis for honest reflection and effective change.
