Spotting the signs of depression in adolescents and young adults is difficult. This is a tumultuous period where both biological, physiological, and psychological developments clash together. Depression in young adults is easily masked by our narrow assumptions. It’s all ‘just growing pains’, or a…
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Many people seem to be feeling an underlying sense of anxiety as the prospect of Brexit loom closer. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is chosen by NICE as the therapy of choice for Anxiety and Depression. A lot of us appear to be having a bit of a rough time at the moment, and it would be surprising if
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has calculated depression or anxiety caused by work related stress has risen in Great Britain over the 2017 and 2018 period. An increase of 12% more employees suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety.
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CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is evidence based and offer a wide range of tools to manage your behaviour, thoughts and feelings. These are all on extra alert during Christmas - one of the busiest fun-filled times of the year – a most wonderful time of the year!
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CBT is in high demand during Xmas as it is portrayed as an unrealistically happy time of year, but many people find it extremely stressful. Especially CBT for Couples, family rows or loneliness which all come to a head at this time of year. What does CBT tell us that you can do to reduce these…
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While Christmas can affect anyone’s mental health, it certainly has the potential to exacerbate the symptoms of those with existing conditions. You could be a parent trying to manage expectations while also coping with limited finances; you might be someone who feels isolated at Christmas.
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Avoidance and worrying about anxiety tend to make it worse, definitely worrying about being anxious is never helpful. There are simple things that can help. Find out what they are and how to get help.
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CBT Therapy is also known as talking therapy and communication is a core element of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. As an accredited CBT Therapist in London, my Couples Therapy session does include talking about issues in couples brought together and where one or both parties have children from their
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When we are anxious our pulmonary, cardiac, endocrine, intestine, urinary, gastric, neurological systems are all activated, but is it dangerous? Find out here.
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A fear of fainting is one of the main concerns in panic disorder. It can be a persistent and repetitive thought that is experienced. Find out here the relationship between fainting, anxiety and the anxiety disorders here.
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All of our CBT therapists have been award with accreditation from the BABCP. As the largest and leading cognitive behavioural therapy service in London, we have the best CBT Therapists in London. We offer a rapid, discreet, affordable service which prioritises our clients and their needs.
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Symptoms of anxiety in our body can be diverse. These are different from anxiety disorder to disorder, and person to person. Here we describe the Threat Response of anxiety, also known as autonomic symptoms of anxiety.
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The anxiety disorders are a cluster of problems, often related and overlapping, with defined diagnostic criteria. Anxiety is a natural emotion and high levels of anxiety does not mean it is an anxiety disorder. There are six anxiety disorders. In others disorders anxiety may be experienced.
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Anxiety is caused by biological factors, learning experiences and your triggers to anxiety - stress can play a part in developing anxiety. Often our anxieties are learnt in childhood but they can develop in adulthood. Noticing anxious thoughts just before feeling anxiety will identify the cause.
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Mirco Magi is Efficacy’s Senior CBT Therapist in London. For some, the use of alcohol and substances are an integral part of our society, and for 'controlling' anxiety and depression. Mirco is accredited in CBT and understands the role of alcohol and substances in maintaining depression and anxiety.
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GPs are unable to access confidential care locally. We have treated 405 GPs with mental health problems over the last year; with CBT 85% are making a full recovery. The GPs were all suffering from common mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression. Read more out the results here.
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In this guide, you'll find advice on how to manage your anger. You'll find relevant information about anger and what you can do in this article. The advice can help you improve your life.
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A client describes his CBT treatment of IBS with our CBT Therapist. IBS can be unforgiving, affecting 1 in 7. Six months after treatment James Morton explains how he got better with CBT. He describes how IBS impacted his life, what he did to overcome IBS and the changes CBT had on his move to London
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One of the mental health issues I often treat as a CBT Therapist in London is ‘Low Self-Esteem’. When you have a negative picture of yourself it can often lead to a feeling of low self-esteem – you don’t feel that you are good enough. This feeling is more problematic in a romantic relationship.
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The turning of a year is the time of the resolutions and for some to make more drastic decisions. For me, as a CBT Therapist January brings couples who are thinking about a divorce. The decisive element in this is that they have decided to seek CBT Therapy to give their relationship one more…
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“I’m so depressed” has become a familiar expression when we’re feeling a bit down in the dumps, stressed or anxious. CBT is the recommended therapy for depression according to NICE. AS a CBT Therapist in London and the UK I treat many people for depression, and I hope this post can help anyone…
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Lucy Wallis writes for the BBC about Catherine Benfield's journey out of OCD. She recovered with CBT, but also helped by creating Olive the personification of her OCD. In the CBT treatment of OCD we often encourage clients to externalise their OCD experience, for these very reasons...
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In this guide, you'll find advice on how to manage your anxiety. You'll find relevant information about Anxiety and what you can do in this article. The advice can help you improve your life.
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When doing something new, CBT therapists reflect with clients on the pros & cons of our options, e.g. going to a first date, accepting a job offer, renting or buying, smoking, losing weight, asking for help, moving to London, finding a CBT therapist. Here we look at a process that helps.
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What’s happened to my libido? One of the common problems we see in cognitive behavioural therapy is dwindling or non-existent sex life or desire for a sex life. “We used to have sex all the time,” they often say, “but now once a month is a major event.” What are the reasons for this state and what…
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Although September this year has provided a record-breaking heat wave, for some, autumn to winter depression is only around the corner. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a treatment for anxiety and depression in general, can help seasonal depression and may prevent it recurring in future years.
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Being in a relationship does not necessarily, in itself, protect people from having suicidal thoughts. This is the finding of a recent study into the correlation between relationship status and suicidal thoughts conducted by scientists from MedUni Vienna’s Institute of Social Medicine and the…
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As Xmas approaches once more, the usual round of celebrations often includes work and business parties as well as get-togethers of family and friends. In the best cases, you can unwind a little with valued workmates and friends – often all paid for by your employer. Afterwards, you remember a…
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As a CBT Therapist in London ‘sleeplessness’ is part of the majority of therapy talks I have with my clients. This is not because I see a lot of clients with sleep disorder but because feeling rested is essential to our overall well-being and because not being able to get a decent sleep can reveal…
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The hard part wasn’t telling people I had obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The hard part is dealing with it. Two years ago I wrote an article for a magazine about living with OCD and how my fear of the number three had started to take over my life. My friends all congratulated me, and my parents
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December is here again and unless you’ve recently emigrated to Mars, you’re probably already overloaded with offers, decorations and goods screaming at you from every shop and magazine that you pass. While it can be a lot of fun, the build-up to and arrival of Xmas often heralds one of the most…
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CBT and the Perfect Relations When you are a CBT Therapist, you talk to a lot of different people looking for CBT Therapy. Among my clients are also a good deal of couples, and I hope that this can be helpful to many of them as a ‘food for thought’ either before they see a CBT Therapist or perhaps…
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We have expert CBT therapists that are effective in treating PTSD. CBT and EMDR are the treatment of choice for PTSD and complex PTSD. We have outstanding results for PTSD: measured on anxiety, depression, and Impact of Events Scale(r). You can benchmark our data across other CBT and EMDR services.
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The prescribed treatment for depression under the NICE guidelines is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. If you are experiencing some symptoms related to this article you may be suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder. Feel free to call us now on 0207 929 7911 for any depression enquiries.
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When I first decided to try CBT – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, the depression and anxiety were both severe, and I constantly felt stressed and incapable of doing my job as a writer. There was often a sense of dread, and for two months I'd struggled to leave the house alone.
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Suicide is currently the single biggest killer of men aged under 45 in the UK, and men are nearly four times more likely than women to take their own life. And members of the National Suicide Prevention Alliance – 70 organisations from the private, public and voluntary sectors – are calling upon men
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Women may be at risk for post-traumatic stress disorder following a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy, suggests a new study. The team behind the research, from Imperial College London, say the findings suggest women should be routinely screened for the condition, and receive specific psychological…
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It’s been an interesting few years for mental health; once seen as an ambiguous and silent range of problems that were kept out of the public perception, it has recently found its voice and received an unprecedented amount of attention. Numerous articles are questioning the quality of treatment…
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It’s Wednesday morning and the children from year five at St John the Baptist primary school in Brighton are chatting noisily at their desks. A bell chimes and the chatter stops. Thirty children close their eyes and place a hand across their chest, breathing in and out slowly. It’s as if they’ve bee
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More young women aged 16 to 24 than ever before are experiencing mental health problems according to a government study, Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, published last week. ‘Young women have become a key high-risk group,’ it said. The survey followed another recent study that found more than a…
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Now that Xmas is over, and people are struggling with New Year diets and other depriving resolutions, you may not feel at your jolliest, but CBT can help you. Your next break is likely at Easter with the nights still drawing in very early and the wintry weather, January can seem a bit of a struggle.
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Coping with a new baby The arrival of your first baby is supposed to be one of the happiest times in your life and the ultimate expression of the union of your relationship. However, I do see clients with post-natal depression for which CBT is the recommended therapy according to NICE. people feel…
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In my work as a CBT Therapist in London, I help many people thorough CBT to have a better life. However, one of the points that are always brought up by my clients is the seemingly lack out support and understanding from people close to them. To some extent, it’s understandable and providing them…
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I had an interesting experience with a client recently who came to see me for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in London. I knew we had to address ‘relationship’ and how CBT could help, but it was not CBT for Couples we needed to talk about. The issue this client had was her relationship with her…
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Seasonal Affective Disorder is a depressive disorder that affects people in the winter months - as the days start to get shorter. Autumn Is Coming: Seasonal Affective Disorder 10 Signs Of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Dealing with depression Information about depression CBT for Post Natal…
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PHP and Efficacy are delighted to launch their services for the new NHS England-wide General Practitioner Health (GPH) service. Efficacy and PHP have worked together for 6 years in Greater London. GPs were unable to access confidential care locally and GPH bridges a gap.
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After years of living with anxiety, panic disorder and horribly anxious feelings surrounding my social anxieties, I was running on empty about the tools to cope with anything. I knew I desperately needed help, so I decided to take action.
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