Cheshire Psychological Well-Being Service provides a wide range of evidence-based therapies tailored to support your emotional well-being. Our experienced therapists offer comprehensive programs to address various emotional difficulties and empower you to lead a more fulfilling life. Whether you’re seeking assistance with changing thoughts and behaviours, overcoming past traumas, managing intense emotions, or improving interpersonal relationships, our dedicated team is here to provide effective interventions and support your journey towards well-being.
Schema Therapy
Schema therapy is an integrative approach that uses various elements from CBT, Gestalt, Attachment and Object relations theories and Experiential Techniques, for any emotional difficulty that is ongoing and originating in childhood, that may be presented as: depression, anger management issues, low self-esteem, relationship problems, fear of abandonment, perceived inner deficiency, co-dependency etc.
Schema therapy aims to address unmet emotional needs and to support clients break their own unhelpful patterns of thinking (schemas) – also known as ‘life traps’, develop self- awareness and empower them to develop a better quality of life.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
DBT is typically offered as a full one year programme of groups, individual therapy and crisis coaching. This was the original form of DBT developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan, to support those with BPD, maladaptive coping behaviours, intense emotions and significant difficulties with interpersonal relationships.
DBT skills are taught by the therapist and cover these four modules: Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness.
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR is a comprehensive psychotherapy (eight phase treatment) aimed at processing and recovering from past experiences that impact on your wellbeing, particularly to help people who havePost Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). People who have PTSD may experience intrusive thoughts, poor sleep, distressing memories, nightmares or flashbacks of the traumatic events in their past.
EMDR helps the brain reprocess memories of the traumatic event and reduce the intensity of the symptoms. A course of treatment is likely to be 8 to 12 sessions depending on the collaborative treatment plan and individual presentation.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT is a short-term, problem-focused type of therapy that can help you manage your emotional difficulties by changing the way you think and behave.
CBT has a ‘here and now’ focus and is focused on a ‘set’ of symptoms. The typical intervention lasts between 12 to 20 sessions. CBT is often the first choice of treatment for depression, anxiety problems, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from a single event.