More About Short Courses Offered
Our bite sized pick and mix sessions provide easily accessible short courses to help you build effective coping skills to improve and maintain your wellbeing. All courses are provided on a one to one basis therefore the coping skills you develop are personalised and tailored to meet your own individual needs.
Please note that to gain the most from these sessions it is helpful to engage in some form of therapeutic activities (Home Practice) outside of the sessions. This might include keeping a diary or practising particular skills. All Home Practice will be set and agreed collaboratively with your therapist.
No Initial CBT Assessment is required to access these courses .
See below for further information about the courses offered and their prices.
Understanding and Managing Worry
Session One- Understanding worry:
Understanding more about what worry is; what its function is; what worry chains are; and how worry makes us feel. Exploring the three different components that make up The Vicious Cycle of Worry and learning about how these keep worry going in the long term. Exploring what your worry chains and worry cycles look like.
Session Two- Managing worry:
Exploring and understanding what sorts of things people worry about; and the factors that determine how worry themes and triggers might develop. Making sense of how your worry themes and triggers developed. Learning how worry can be broken down into two different types and understanding how to distinguish between these. Making sense of which types of worry you experience. Exploring the different techniques to manage each of these types of worry and learning new tools to help you manage your worries.
Two one hour sessions - £75 per session
Understanding and Managing Anxiety
Session One- Understanding Anxiety:
Understanding more about what anxiety is, how it helped us to evolve as humans and what the purpose/function of anxiety is. Understanding what the fight/flight response is and learning what happens to the body when this is activated. Understanding what your warning signs of anxiety are and learning how to spot them.
Session Two- How to Manage Anxiety:
Exploring different approaches to managing anxiety. Focusing on techniques to help you manage your thoughts and the physical sensations experienced when you feel anxious. Practising these techniques in-session to develop your skills and exploring how to implement these in daily life.
Two one hour sessions - £75 per session
Understanding and Managing Negative Thoughts
Course currently under development- please contact me if you would like to be added to the waiting list to access this course when it becomes available
Putting Together Your Own Mental Health First Aid Kit
Course currently under development- please contact me if you would like to be added to the waiting list to access this course when it becomes available
Understanding and Improving Sleep
Course currently under development- please contact me if you would like to be added to the waiting list to access this course when it becomes available
Understanding and Managing Nightmares
Course currently under development- please contact me if you would like to be added to the waiting list to access this course when it becomes available