You can expect therapy with Alan to be:
Compassionate
Understanding
Effective
"You are not lazy, unmotivated or stuck. After years of living in survival mode you are exhausted.
There is a difference."
Nakeia Homer
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you"
Maya Angelou
Psychological Therapy
Issues Treated
Therapies Offered
Problems
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Low mood / motivation issues
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Excessive worry
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Trauma
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Emotional difficulties
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Family difficulties
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Stress and burnout
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Low self-esteem
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Self-criticism
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Adjusting to big life changes
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Chronic pain & Long-term health conditions
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Loss & bereavement
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Parenting distress
Diagnoses
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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Generalised anxiety disorder
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Phobias
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Depression and mood disorders
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Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
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Addiction
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Adjustment disorder
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Health anxiety
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Post-partum distress
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Sleep disorders / Insomnia
Couples
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Communication difficulties
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Relationship distress
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Recurring arguments
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Infidelity and trust issues
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LGBTQIA+ relationships
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Sexual difficulties
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Repairing after ruptures
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Stress from major life changes
Alan tailors a range of proven therapies to your specific needs and goals. Below are a number of therapies Alan has specialist expertise in.
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT explores the links between your thoughts, emotions, physical sensations and behaviours. It uses practical exercises to identify unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and tests out new ways of responding in everyday life.
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Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
CFT is a psychological therapy that combines the insights of CBT, mindfulness, evolutionary psychology and modern neuroscience to enable the building of self-compassion, the skills and strengths that flow from it, and how to use these to effectively reduce suffering. CFT pays particular attention to dealing with shame, self-criticism, and toxic perfectionism.
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Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
Emotion Focused Therapy helps you understand the purpose and meaning of your emotions rather than avoiding or suppressing them. It uses emotional awareness and experiential techniques to transform painful emotional patterns into healthier, more adaptive ones.
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Other Therapies
Alan is trained in a broad range of additional therapies that he incorporates into his practice, including:
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Rogerian counselling
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Motivational Interviewing
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Solution Focused Therapy
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Systemic Family Therapy
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Schema Therapy
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Psychodynamic psychotherapy
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Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT teaches people how to overcome painful thoughts and feelings through acceptance and mindfulness techniques and to build life-enhancing patterns of behaviour. ACT It offers a way out of suffering by choosing to live a life based on what matters most.
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Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR is a unique, powerful therapy that helps people recover from problems triggered by traumatic events in their lives. It stops difficult memories causing so much distress by helping the brain to reprocess them properly.
EMDR is best known for treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), for which it is recognised internationally as among the most powerful treatments of this condition. It can also help with a range of difficulties from phobia, chronic pain to addiction and more.
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Couples Therapy
Alan applies EFT with elements of the other therapies to help couples identify deeply entrenched patterns within the relationship, uncover the ways in which partners communicate and behave and ultimately unlock the pathways to deep connection and renewed affection.
Struggling to live well with Chronic Illness?
I am a specialist in working with long term health conditions and related trauma.
With over 15 years experience in this field I have seen people struggling with a vast array of health conditions, including neurological, cardiovascular, diabetic, gastrointestinal, sexual and chronic pain.
The impact of living with serious health problems should never be underestimated and never dealt with alone.
Contact me today for expert support for you or a loved one.