Video Description
Elena Touroni, a consultant psychologist based in London, talks about how she gives patients as much information as possible to reassure them and ensure they have informed consent about their treatment. 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
We are real believers in giving people access to all the knowledge they need to have in order to make better decisions. So that might be from bibliotherapy to information about different types of therapeutic approaches so that they can make decisions as to what suits them best. I usually draw lots of diagrams. I kind of take pen and paper and write down a bit about how all the different bits of information they’ve told me fit together. And that helps them make choices about what route to take. I tell them a bit about what it will look like if we do therapy “a” versus therapy “b”, what they can expect, what the sessions are likely to cover and be like. So we give them as much information as possible to put them at ease and make sure they’ve got informed consent about their treatment.
