APPROACH
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, with the depth that integrative practice asks for.
My primary modality. The integrative range is in service of clinical depth, not pick-and-mix wellness.
CBT
What CBT is, and what makes it work.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a structured, evidence-based talking therapy. Sessions focus on the relationship between thought, feeling, and behaviour. The work is collaborative and time-limited; we set goals at the start, review them as we go, and end when the work is done. CBT is well-evidenced for anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and several of the other specialisms I see most often.
INTEGRATIVE RANGE
How I integrate REBT, ACT, coaching, and bereavement counselling.
REBT (Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy)
REBT sharpens the cognitive work by examining the rules and beliefs underneath a difficult thought. I use it most often when CBT alone is not loosening a stuck pattern.
ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
ACT adds the willingness piece. Some thoughts and feelings cannot be reasoned away; they can be held differently. I draw on ACT in chronic conditions, in bereavement, and where the work is about living with a difficulty rather than removing it.
Coaching
Coaching has a place when the goals are practical and clear: a return to work, a difficult conversation, a project that requires sustained focus. I use it as an adjunct rather than a primary modality.
Bereavement counselling
Bereavement counselling is its own specialist register. I have undertaken further specialist training in this area; I work with grief that has stalled and with bereavement alongside other clinical presentations.
COURSE OF THERAPY
What a course of therapy typically looks like.
Sessions are 50 minutes long. We typically meet weekly. I review the work with you every four to six sessions. A course of CBT for a defined presentation typically ranges from six to twenty sessions, though this is not a fixed rule. Some pieces of work are shorter; some take longer.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Children and young people.
I trained in NHS Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the practice is built on that experience. [SCOPE — pending Henry confirmation that the practice still takes children at the new SERENITÀ launch.]
WHEN YOU'RE READY
Book your first session with Henry.
You don't need to know what you want from therapy before you book. The first session is for getting that clear.