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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

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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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Athena is a Pilates instructor with 8 years’ experience in the field. After completing a Power Pilates Mat Certification in Athens, she went on to complete the Full Comprehensive Classical Pilates Certification with Equinox in Kensington.  She has been teaching Pilates at Equinox for the past 6 years in addition to her own private clients who she trains both face to face and virtually.

Athena has a passion for helping people get stronger and fitter as well as helping those recovering from injury regain their strength and mobility.  Over the years, she has worked with athletes to incorporate Pilates into their training and improve performance. Athena has also worked with prenatal and postnatal women who may be experiencing depression or other mental health difficulties and used Pilates to facilitate a positive impact on their mental health.

Athena is very passionate about improving physical and mental well-being and has recently incorporated Sound Healing into her work, as she believes it to be one of the best ways of ‘letting go’ and releasing stale energy whilst increasing greater self-awareness.