Jade CBT

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), is a type of therapy that helps you see patterns between what you are thinking and how you are feeling emotionally and the impact that is having on your behaviours and actions.

    CBT also, helps you to understand that at the heart of us as people, we have belief systems about ourselves, the world and others and that these belief systems drive our decisions, are actions and how we think and feel.

    CBT aims to identify any belief systems which might have been created after experiencing difficult life experiences, because sometimes these beliefs created about ourselves, the world and others is not entirely accurate and are solely based on the negative experiences we had, rather than based on a bigger, whole picture of ourselves, the world and others.

    When this happens we can experience mental health difficulties such as depression or an anxiety disorders.

    In order to overcome the mental health difficulty, these belief systems must be looked into and worked with, as must our thoughts, feelings and behaviours driven by these belief systems.

  • CBT aims to look at where and how your mental health problem developed, it also looks at what factors are keeping it going, in the here and now. So that you then are able to tackle it.

    CBT is different from other types of therapy in that it aims to help individuals become their own therapists, by equipping them with in depth knowledge about their anxiety disorder and/or depression and the specialist CBT techniques that are proven (in thousands of clinical trials) to help people recover from anxiety disorders and depression. This help individuals learn how to manage their mental health problem and stay well from it (once they have reached recovery), without needing to rely on a therapist.

    CBT also equips individuals with a Relapse Prevention Plan, tailored to them, which will act as a step by step guide of what to do if they notice symptoms re-occurring once they have finished their therapy and how to prevent relapse. Relapses are preventable and research shows that individuals who have relapse prevention action plans are less likely to relapse than those who do not.

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), is recommended as a first line treatment, by official NICE (National Institute of Clinical Excellence) guidelines, for treating depression and anxiety disorders.

    NICE guidelines are the official, UK, evidence-based guidelines for health and social care professionals to follow, when treating patients.

    CBT has decades of scientific evidence and clinical trials, carried out on thousands of people, showing it’s effectiveness.

    Having CBT means you can recover from your mental health problem, without necessarily needing medication. CBT leads to improvements in the same brain regions as taking antidepressant medication does, but has been found to be significantly more effective than antidepressant medication. Therefore, you don’t necessarily need medication to get better.

    Furthermore, research show that certain brain areas (responsible for emotions, fear and information processing) are working in a dysfunctional way, in people with anxiety disorders and depression. Brain Scan Studies have found that after a course of CBT therapy, these areas of the brain begin functioning in the healthy way, they are supposed to, again.

  • CBT is needed If:

    • you have an anxiety disorder (eg. Generalised Anxiety disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder/OCD, Health Anxiety, a phobia, Panic Disorder/panic attacks)

    • If you feel like you worry constantly and can’t control it

    • If you have Depression/ felt low for more than 2 consistent weeks and it is not improving

    • If you have Post Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD)

    • If you are feeling overwhelmed with day to day pressures and stressors and struggling to cope with them

    • If you are a procrastinator and this is causing significant impact on your life and mental wellbeing.

    • If you are a perfectionist and it is causing significant impact on your life and mental health

  • Both CBT and counselling are forms of talking therapies.

    CBT, is more of a “doing therapy”. It involves following a certain set of steps - based on specialist interventions - specifically designed (and proven scientifically) to help people recover from anxiety disorders and depression.

    Whereas, counselling involves a patient spending the majority of their session talking about their problem and feelings. The counsellors primary role is to listen and ask questions. Counselling can be very helpful if you have experienced a difficult life event and what you need is mostly, just to talk it through and feel heard and validated. Counselling is not recommended for anxiety disorders.

    Please note: I do not offer counselling therapy. I offer CBT.

“Therapy is not about changing your past, it is about changing your future.”

Why Choose Me To Be Your Therapist

  • I care deeply about helping people recover from mental health problems - getting their lives back in their own hands.

    I have had personal experience, in the past, of having had an anxiety disorder - which I had for over 10 years. I also have experience of having overcome it, using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

    This experience, as well as seeing how effective CBT has been, in my years as a therapist, has instilled in me a lot of passion to help others overcome their mental health problems.

    I can also personally, understand and empathise with the difficulties of having lived with a mental health problem and can relate to how difficult the journey to overcoming it, can feel at times.

    I have also been on the journey with loved ones overcoming depression and anxiety disorders and have seen, first-hand, the impact their mental health problems have on their lives.

    I therefore, feel very passionately, about helping people reclaim their lives back from the clutches of mental health problems.

    It has since, become my mission in life, to help others overcome their mental health problems.

  • I have received training accredited by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).

    I have 3 university psychology degrees (1 Bachelor of Science with honours degree in psychology, one Master of Science with honours degree in psychology research and a post graduate degree in Psychological Wellbeing Practitioning, for people with common mental health problems)

    I am currently about to be awarded my 4th degree certificate which is in High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - level 2 (gold standard, highest recognised CBT qualification), for which I have completed and passed the training.

  • I have worked with over 8000 individuals with depression and anxiety disorders in the NHS, where I have worked as a therapist for nearly 6 years, delivering both high and low intensity CBT.

    Prior to this, I worked in a Challenging Behaviour unit for adults with autism and learning disabilities, working to help them achieve improved wellbeing and quality of life.

    I received training in autism and challenging behaviour for this role and have experience, in my current role, of helping individuals with autism overcome their mental health problems.

    I continually study the field of CBT and mental health to keep myself up to date with the latest clinical findings regarding: CBT treatment, mental health disorders and clinical guidelines for professionals.

    I aim only to deliver the highest quality care.

  • In my therapy sessions, I only use evidence-based, scientific interventions, which have decades of clinical trials and research behind them, showing their effectiveness in treating anxiety disorders and depression.

    The interventions I use are recommended by official NICE (National Institute of Clinical Excellence) guidelines. These are official UK guidelines for health and social care professionals to follow in their practice.

  • The majority of patients that I have carried out Cognitive Behavioural techniques with, have reached full recovery. Most of the patients, recovered within 12-14 sessions, sometimes less.

“Don’t be afraid of going slowly, only be afraid of standing still.”

Treatments Offered for:

  • Depression is a low mood, which has lasted consistently for more than 2 weeks.

  • Panic Disorder is where people experience regular panic attacks and fear of having further panic attacks. .

    A panic attack is where you experience symptoms such as chest tightness, heart palpitations, feeling hot or sweaty, struggling to breathe etc. This happens due to anxiety, but you may believe these symptoms to be dangerous. For example, when struggling to breathe you might think “I am going to suffocate”; or if your heart is racing, you might think “I am having a heart attack” etc. These symptoms can feel very frightening.

    You might, therefore, change your behaviours to help you try to avoid or cope with the symptoms of the panic attack.

  • Emetophobia is an intense fear of vomiting or being exposed to others vomiting.

  • Social Anxiety is an intense fear and avoidance of social situations. This can include fear and avoidance of: attending social gatherings, joining in with social activities, using the telephone, attending appointments, opening the door to receive packages etc.

    It basically includes any situation where you might have an interaction with another person. If you can’t avoid the social situation, you might find that you endure it with dread and severe discomfort.

  • A phobia is an extreme fear of a situation, place, object or animal (eg. heights, dogs, needles, injections etc.) As a result a person with a phobia will make every effort to avoid being in these situations; even though the fear is out of proportion to the actual threat posed by the situation, place, object or animal.

  • Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is having disgust towards one or more specific features of your physical appearance, that appear slight to others.

  • Generalised Anxiety Disorder is excessive worrying (more than others do in similar situations) about lots of different things across different areas of your life (eg. work, friendships, relationships, unfamiliar, uncertain, unpredictable situations etc.) and feeling unable to stop or control this worrying.

  • Health Anxiety is a preoccupation with with worrying about your health; feeling unable to stop these worries, believing that you might have a serious illness and feeling the need to constantly check your body or google - to check out these symptoms.

  • Post Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD) is when individuals who have experienced a traumatic event are experiencing flash backs (where they feel as if they are back at that scene with the trauma happening all over again) or are having frequent nightmares about the traumatic event or having frequent strong memories about the traumatic event, or all of the above.

    CBT is recommended by NICE (National Institute of Clinical Excellence) guidelines (Official UK guidelines for health professionals to follow in their practice) and has been shown to be very effective in treating PTSD.

    Symptoms of PTSD such as: flashbacks (where you feel back in the time and place of the trauma and can see it happening again around you - even though it is not happening), nightmares and intrusive-memories of the trauma typically all reduce, or stop happening altogether, after having had CBT treatment.

    Following CBT, people tend to state that the trauma memory finally starts to fade (similarly to how typical memories do), rather than remaining vivid and constantly on their mind, replaying over and over again, with no let up (as PTSD trauma memories typically do).

    This is because CBT understands the brain areas responsible for the development and maintenance of PTSD symptoms and has specialist interventions to help those brain areas get back to healthy functioning again.

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a preoccupation with needing to do certain rituals or behaviours to prevent something awful from happening, or to trying to calm distressing, disturbing thoughts or images (that are coming to mind frequently) by saying certain phrases in your mind.

    The thoughts are usually very disturbing and centre around the person’s’ worst fears; they therefore, cause individuals to experience lots of fear and distress. This is why people with OCD try to calm the thoughts, by saying certain things in their minds or by doing certain rituals or actions to prevent something awful from happening; which they believe will happen, if they do not do their rituals or behaviours. These behaviours/ attempts to calm the thought, typically take up hours in each day.

  • Agoraphobia is the avoidance of 2 or more public places eg. public transport, supermarkets, enclosed spaces or open spaces (football stadiums etc.), standing in a line or being in a crowd. this avoidance, is due to a fear that escape might not be easy or possible.

    Sometimes, people with Agoraphobia feel completely unable to leave their house, unless with someone else.

  • Hoarding is having a persistent difficulty in getting rid of possessions, regardless of their actual value. This typically leads to the accumulation of possessions, which clutter living spaces and compromise use of these living areas; sometimes also creating health hazards.

What will I get out of therapy?

  • Full recovery from your mental health disorder, or at least improvement in your mental health symptoms

  • In depth education in to your mental health disorder

  • Less preoccupation with negative or anxious thoughts

  • Being more mentally present in your day

  • Improved quality of life

  • Regaining your Identity

  • More Time

  • Validation

  • Feeling Supported

  • Better tolerance of emotions and stress

  • Improvement to the 5 key areas of wellbeing (Relationships, Social life, Work, Home-Management, Leisure Activities/hobbies)

  • Potential Improvement to physical health conditions (Research has found that improvement in symptoms of certain physical health conditions occur, following CBT therapy).

“Medicine adds days to life, therapy adds life to days.”

Contact Information

Online booking form: (to the right)

Website: www.jadecbt.co.uk

Email: JadeCBT@outlook.com

Telephone: 07789582350

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“Recovering from mental illness is about remembering who you are”