Cognitive Behavioural Therapy at the Acupuncture Clinic

Acupuncture TCM is delighted to offer CBT at the clinic in our newly refurbished counselling room...

Our therapist is Julie Forrest MSc, a qualified cognitive behavioural therapist with a gentle and compassionate approach. Julie is accredited as a CBT therapist with the British association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).

Telephone: 07725516391

Email: compassionatecbt1981@gmail.com

Julie says... "Perhaps you are experiencing depression and/or anxiety. Maybe you are struggling with difficult thoughts and feelings triggered by social situations or that are associated with low self-esteem. Perhaps a previous trauma is causing you to experience heightened anxiety, flashbacks and sleep disturbance.

Whatever your needs may be, I am here to offer support. Compassionate CBT offers a number of evidence-based psychotherapies to help you improve your psychological well being including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Compassion Focused Therapy.

My kind, compassionate and empathic style will support you to feel understood and help you to take the much needed steps towards change. This will all be delivered in a quite, peaceful and safe environment".

What is CBT?

CBT explores the relationship between your thoughts, feelings and behaviour and the impact that these are currently having on you. The aim of therapy is to help you to develop new strategies to manage your problems.

It involves you working together with your therapist to improve your life and your current experience. As a result you will develop a range of skills and tools to use to help gain freedom from your problems and then you are more likely to be able to maintain the improvements after therapy.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is recommended by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) as the most effective way to treat many problems. Many studies have demonstrated that CBT is as effective as medication for many common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. See below for more details:

What problems can CBT help with?
CBT has been shown to be effective with many problems including:

Phobias
Social Anxiety
Health Anxiety
Generalised Anxiety Disorder (which is characterised by excessive worry)
Depression
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Post-traumatic stress disorder

Session cost

The cost of each session is £60. Sessions last between 50 minutes to 1 hour.

Our counseling/psychotherapy room is a lovely, bright, relaxing, quiet space...