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An example of how CBT in action

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Consultant psychologist Elena Touroni explains how CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) concerns thoughts, behaviours and emotions and how it helps people resolve vicious cycles that cause mental health difficulties. https://www.thechelseapsychologyclinic.com Chelsea Psychology Clinic are a group of London psychologists and psychiatrists offering private psychological therapy and psychiatry treatment from their premises across central London and Chelsea. The private therapy sessions cover the following areas: – Acceptance & Commitment Therapy – Cognitive Analytic Therapy – Cognitive-behavioural Therapy – Couples Therapy – Dialectical-behaviour Therapy – Mentalisation Based Treatment – Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy – Schema Therapy

Video Transcription

CBT stands for cognitive behavioural therapy, which is a therapy that was developed in the ’70s. Cognitive behavioural therapy is the most effective therapeutic approach these days that has a whole range of evidence behind it for its outcomes. In cognitive behavioural therapy, we focus on cognitions, so thoughts, and we also focus on behaviours and emotions. So a lot of the time, what we help people do through cognitive behavioural therapy is understand how their thoughts about a situation and the interpretations they make, mediate their feelings and lead to particular behaviours that might be creating vicious cycles for them. For instance, somebody with anxiety might be in a situation that is not especially threatening. So for instance, they might be in a situation in which… Say, for instance, they’re about to speak to people that they don’t know. And in that situation, they might have the thought, “These people are not going to like me. They’re really judging me. They’re going to not be very nice to me. They might reject me.” Because of those thoughts, then the person might end up feeling extremely anxious, their emotions escalate, and the behaviour they engage in is they avoid the situation. So cognitive behavioural therapy focuses a lot on changing and challenging the negative thoughts that we have and all the behaviours that we engage in that we enforce vicious cycles.

Dr Elena Touroni

Dr Elena Touroni

19 June 2022

"Dr. Elena Touroni is a skilled and experienced Consultant Psychologist with a track record of delivering high-quality services for individuals with all common emotional difficulties and those with a diagnosis of personality disorder. She is experienced in service design and delivery, the management of multi-disciplinary teams, organisational consultancy, and development and delivery of both national and bespoke training to providers in the statutory and non-statutory sector."

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Marina Hilleary

Dr Marina Hilleary is a Clinical Psychologist working in the NHS and private practice. She completed her BSc in Psychology at the University of Exeter, graduating with first-class honours and was subsequently awarded an MSc in Mental Health Studies and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London.

Dr Hilleary has 9 years of clinical experience in various NHS mental health settings, her current position being on a Specialist Adolescent Team at a Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). She has a specialist interest in working with children, young people and their families and has worked with young people presenting with a wide range of difficulties including depression, low self-esteem, anxiety (specific phobias, GAD, social anxiety, separation anxiety, panic and OCD), PTSD, behaviours that challenge and additional neurodevelopmental needs.

Dr Hilleary is experienced in carrying out comprehensive psychological assessments (including cognitive assessments) and recognises the importance of working towards a shared understanding of the presenting difficulties to enable a positive therapeutic outcome. She draws on a range of evidence-based psychological therapies and models, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness-Based approaches. In addition, Dr Hilleary utilises systemic family approaches when working with young people and their families.

Dr Hilleary adopts an integrative, compassionate and person-centred approach to engage young people, building their motivation to participate in decisions around their care plan and achieve their therapeutic goals. She works creatively with her clients and, where appropriate, alongside any of their important support systems.