Personal Development Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapeutical Coaching including CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy / Training. Edinburgh and Glasgow.

We are complementary health practitioners, not alternative health practitioners. This means that we work WITH the medical profession. If you have an illness or injury, or if you are going to embark on a new diet, fitness plan or if you have any uninvestigated symptoms, you must consult your medical doctor. 

Psychotherapy in Edinburgh and Glasgow

Psychotherapy has many forms and types. Indeed there is movement underway to regulate psychotherapy as a profession within the next few years.

There are many different sorts of psychotherapy. These include:

• Personal Development psychotherapy: Using listening skills and appropriate psychotherapy skills to assist a client in moving forward in their lives and tackling blocks and barriers to progress.
• Personal emotional psychotherapy: Using listening skills and appropriate psychotherapy skills to assist a client in moving forward in their lives and tackling emotional issues and problems.
• Clinical psychotherapy: Due for probable regulation: Using specific psychotherapy skills and methods to address clinical conditions and mental health conditions directly.
• Pastoral psychotherapy: Using listening skills and appropriate faith related psychotherapy skills to assist a client in moving forward in their lives and tackling spiritual and faith issues.
• Couples psychotherapy: Using couples facilitation and group facilitation skills, listening skills, negotiation skills and other methods to enable better communication and understanding.
• Addictions psychotherapy: Using listening skills and appropriate psychotherapy skills including motivational models to assist a client in moving forward in their lives and tackling addictions and dependencies.
• Person Centred psychotherapy: A particular method of very much "listening skills" driven psychotherapy.
• Humanistic psychotherapy: A method very much focused on achieving balance and progress in areas of life leading to an optimum state of well being.
• Psychoanalytical psychotherapy: Traditional psychotherapy with it's roots in Jung and Freud. Driven to tackle deep underlying issues and patterns.
• Transactional Analysis: Related to psychoanalysis it is a modern model of analytical psychotherapy and uses modified patterns and terminology.
• Primal Psychotherapy: Based on Psychodynamic psychotherapy this deals with primal and crucial experiences, often using rich imagery in the therapy process.
  

Cognitive Behavioural Training / Therapy

CBT is referred to by different therapists as either Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or Cognitive Behavioural Training. The difference is in the approach and practice style of the therapist. As the name suggests CBT is about:

• Cognitive: changing perceptions and the way we feel about things
• Behavioural: changing the way we behave towards things
• Therapy: The change process
  

CBT works best when combined with other methods and styles like life coaching and hypnotherapy. A good CBT practitioner will have comprehensive psychotherapy and counselling skills. A common form of CBT is "Stress Innoculation Therapy" which is a process used to address phobias, fears and feelings of discomfort.

Qualifications and Standards

As with all therapies the practitioner should adhere to the National Occupational Standards (NOS Counselling) and have recognisable qualifications. These include ASET 3 and 4 awards.
Stuart: Integrated Therapeutic Counselling ASET Level 4, Psychotherapy ASET level 3, Counselling Grief and Bereavement ASET level 3, NVQ accreditation in appropriate area of competence, Multiple diplomas in Psychotherapy and Counselling.

If the expected regulation goes ahead, clients should note that many "psychotherapists" are likely to re brand as coaches and therapists, since the regulation is likely to rigidly define psychotherapy. This will mean that many types of assistance currently referred to as psychotherapy will no longer be called that.

Stuart and Denise do not call themselves "psychotherapists" even though they have extensive psychotherapy qualification. This is because it does not describe the wider range of skills and methods used.

In the first instance drop us an email or use the feedback form to contact us. We can then advise whether we feel we can appropriately assist you.

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Assistance is not just for individuals. Assistance is available for couples, families and those who care for others.