Therapies on Offer
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
EMDR helps people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of distressing and traumatic life experiences and memories. It is often helpful for people who feel stuck in distress and trauma, re-living what has happened through flashbacks and nightmares. EMDR uses eye movements to process past memories and is less of a traditional talking therapy. Through processing traumatic memories, it helps people move forward so memories are triggered less often and less intensely. EMDR can be helpful for processing distress from hyperemesis, IVF and fertility treatment, distressing memories from a birth or having a baby on Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU). It can help process past memories of being parented, which are being stirred up in day to day parenting on your own child.
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Interpersonal Psychotherapy is a therapy that helps lift people with depression, especially when people have noticed that it is having an impact on their relationships. It can help when there are frequent disputes with another person, difficulties in making and keeping relationships, loss and grief and it helps people who are struggling with life change and a loss or change in roles.
Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
CFT is a therapy that helps people struggling with depression, anxiety, shame, self-criticism, and emotional distress. It looks at the evolution of emotion systems and how this is relevant to pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. It helps people change patterns in thinking and behaviour. It has mindful and compassion based practices that support self soothing and regulation. CFT can be particulary helpful in the perinatal period, if parents are struggling with worry about being a 'good enough mum' or struggling to be present in the moment with their family. It can help people struggling with baby loss and grief.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT focuses on understanding and changing unhelpful patterns in thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. It is a practical, evidence-based approach that works mainly with current difficulties rather than focusing extensively on the past.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills (DBT Skills)
DBT skills-based work can help people who are struggling with intense and overwhelming emotions. It teaches practical strategies to help manage overwhelming emotions, reduce distress, and improve relationships. It can be particularly helpful in the perinatal period, when people may be struggling with emotions and communicating needs to others.
Video Interaction Guidance (VIG)
VIG is a strengths-based intervention that supports parents who may be struggling with bonding or interaction with their baby or child. Short video clips of everyday interactions are taken and reviewed together to understand what is happening and support more confident and connected relationships.
Schema Therapy (Informed)
Schema-informed work explores long-standing patterns in thoughts, feelings, and behaviours that often develop from early life experiences. Experiential techniques are used to help address deeper emotional difficulties.
Cognitive Analytic Therapy (Informed)
Cognitive Analytic Therapy focuses on understanding patterns in how we relate to ourselves and others. It helps map out repeating difficulties and patterns and it helps people identify and work on more meaningful and effective exits.
Incredible Years Parenting
The Incredible Years is an evidence-based parenting programme designed to strengthen parenting skills and support children’s social, emotional, and academic development. It can be used with babies, toddlers, preschool and school-age children.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT offers a flexible, values-based approach that helps people relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings. It supports mindfulness skills, emotional openness, and meaningful action aligned with what matters most to you. It can often be helpful for people who are needing to accept and come to terms with something that cannot change. It can be helpful for example in adjusting to having a child with a long term condition.
Solution-Focused Therapy
This brief, practical approach focuses on what you want to be different, helping you identify strengths, resources, and small achievable steps towards change.
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, non-judgemental approach that supports people to explore ambivalence and strengthen motivation for change in a way that feels meaningful and self-directed.
