What is CBT for anxiety?
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is one of the most effective and scientifically supported treatments for depression, OCD, anxiety disorders and PTSD, and is recommended by NICE for many common mental health difficulties. CBT and exposure therapy help people understand and change the patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going, providing practical skills that lead to lasting improvements in wellbeing and quality of life. At London Psychologist, therapy is delivered by highly experienced clinicians with specialist expertise in anxiety, OCD, trauma and depression. Research also shows that online CBT can be just as effective as face-to-face treatment for many difficulties, while offering the convenience of accessing specialist support from home, fitting appointments around work and family commitments, and working with the right therapist regardless of location. Please click here for more information.
Please click on the link below to hear a podcast from the Let’s Talk about CBT Podcasts by Dr Lucy Maddox from the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, in which she talks with Dr Blake Stobie and a client about CBT for Anxiety, their experiences of this and how it works.
Problems we specialise in treating
Many people seek therapy when anxiety, low mood, stress or unwanted thoughts begin to affect their wellbeing, relationships or quality of life. We offer evidence-based treatment for a range of common and more complex psychological difficulties, delivered with warmth, compassion and expertise, including but not limited to (please click for additional information):
Specific phobias.
Body dysmorphia.
Generalised anxiety and excessive worry, including work-related stress.
Eating difficulties related to anxiety.
Self-esteem difficulties.
We see clients across the lifespan. We have specialist practitioners within the practice who specialise in working with children and adolescents.
What we are unable to offer
Before getting in touch, we feel it is important to be clear about the types of support we are and are not able to provide. As a specialist practice, we focus on what we know we can help clients with. Our practice specialises in CBT and evidence-based psychological therapy for anxiety disorders, OCD, trauma and depression. To ensure people receive the safest and most appropriate care, there are some services and clinical difficulties that fall outside our area of expertise or the scope of our practice. If your needs are not a good fit for our service, we will always encourage you to seek support from a more appropriate specialist service wherever possible, and will let you know this through discussion in advance of making an appointment, or at the initial assessment consultation, if applicable. This list is to help you to consider whether our practice may not be the best fit for you:
We regret we do not offer face to face appointments through the practice. Click here for additional information online appointments.
We no longer provide treatment on behalf of BUPA, AXA or Vitality.
We are unable to provide ADHD assessments or treatment. We do have experience of working with clients with neurodiversity, but do not provide these assessments.
We do not specialise in treating clients with psychosis requiring stabilisation, alcohol or drug dependence requiring treatment, severe depression requiring hospitalisation, significant eating disorders where hospital admission may be indicated, emotionally unstable personality requiring stabilisation, or dissociative disorders.
We are not able to work with individuals at risk of serious self-harm, suicide, self-neglect or harm to others, as these situations require urgent, intensive, often multidisciplinary, care that our practice is not equipped to provide. If you are in crisis or in need urgent mental health support, please click here for up-to-date NHS guidance.
Do please contact us should any of the above apply to you, or should you have any other questions about whether we might be a good fit for you..