Therapies
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Within my work I am qualified to use a mixture of therapies to help with encouraging relaxation, deal with depression and low mood, reduce anxiety and to help find solutions to problems and to encourage positive behaviour change.
All of which add to an extremely strong way of working that helps promote general wellbeing and increased personal performance.
I also have extensive knowledge on counselling and intervention skills, Case management, Assessment, Action planning and Treatment options, Safer Working practices, Domestic violence, dealing with challenging and aggressive behaviour, Self-Harm, Creative interventions, Affective communication, Family interventions, Mediation and safeguarding Adults and Young People.
The main therapies I use are listed here below which can be used alone or to compliment other areas of work although I am also trained to use a large mixture of others.
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
CBT is based on the concept that your thoughts, feelings, physical sensations and actions are interconnected, and that negative thoughts and feelings can trap you in a vicious cycle.
CBT aims to help you deal with overwhelming problems in a more positive way by breaking them down into smaller parts.
You're shown how to change these negative patterns to improve the way you feel.
Unlike some other talking treatments, CBT deals with your current problems, rather than focusing on issues from your past.
It looks for practical ways to improve your state of mind on a daily basis.
ACU-STIM
Acu-Stim is a non-evasive therapy which works in a similar way to acupuncture but without needles. Instead, TEN's machines are used to provide a mild electrical current or pulse through sticky pads that act as electrodes that are placed onto certain points on the skin. The electrical current is then felt as a tingling or tapping sensation.
The electrical impulses can reduce the pain signals going to the spinal cord and brain, which may help relieve pain and relax muscles. They may also stimulate the production of endorphins, which are the body's natural painkillers.
Acu-Stim is often used to relieve pain, stress and anxiety and promote positive mood.
It may also help promote relaxation and sleep.
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Solution Focused Therapy
SFT is a form of psychotherapy or counselling. This form of therapy focuses on solutions to problems or issues, and discovering the resources and strengths a person has, rather than focusing on the problem or weaknesses like more traditional talking therapies do.
This means that instead of analysing how the issue arose or interpretations of it and why it is there and what it really means for the person, SFBT instead concentrates on the issue in the here and now, and how to move forward with a solution for it.
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Brief Intervention Therapy
No matter the issue, the main focus is to reduce the risk of harm to the individual, their family or the community.
Risk can describe many things such as physical harm, financial harm, harm to mental health or such things as a loss. As well as helping with everyday issues where time is restricted or limited, I also use the skills within this therapy to help those in sport, often when they contact myself just before competing, helping to provide quick easy to use tools to rely upon to promote and improve performance.
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Reiki
Reiki is a form of complementary therapy associated to energy healing and dates back some 2500 years in its use.
Being a complimentary therapy Reiki should never take the place of medical treatments however can offer a great way to promote relaxation, to reduce anxiety and to promote sleep.