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Psychological Therapy
Supporting your emotional wellbeing and mental health to live the life you choose.
At Abacus Psychology our Clinical and Counselling Psychologists have years of experience of working with individuals, couples and families of all ages and stages of life. If you are struggling with your emotional wellbeing and mental health, we are here to help.
We are trained to deliver high quality, evidence-based interventions using core psychological therapeutic frameworks including cognitive, behavioural, attachment, systemic and narrative theories and models. As Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, we are able to integrate and synthesise a variety of models to offer a truly person-centred and bespoke approach to your unique set of circumstances and difficulties. We will work collaboratively with you to enable you to overcome difficulties and live the life you want.
We can work. with children adolescents, parents, carers, families and couples experiencing a whole range of emotional and mental health difficulties. We are dedicated to understanding people's unique experience that has led to difficulties entering their lives and understanding people's struggles in context of their relationships, environments and communities.
What is involved
Psychological therapy is usually preceded by an assessment, working together to map out your difficulties and make sense of what is going on for you in order to identify the most helpful ways forward to resolve difficulties.
Psychological therapy offers you a safe, non-judgemental and confidential space in which to work through experiences that are causing you distress.
Psychological therapy is an active process where willingness to fully engage with the process will often lead to the most beneficial outcomes. Depending on your needs, it can require a commitment to regular attendance at sessions, though of course your attendance and commitment is entirely voluntary and you can stop sessions at any time.
Many people feel unsure about whether therapy will be helpful for them. Your Psychologist will work with you to help you explore any things that might be holding you back and understands that it takes time to develop a trusting working relationship.
What We Can Help With
We can work with you to overcome a range of emotional, mental health and behavioural difficulties including:
Anxiety problems, such as social anxiety, panic attacks, health anxieties, phobias, obsessional thinking and behaviours and problems with worry and “overthinking” or overwhelming stress.
Mood difficulties, including Depression, Grief and loss, sleep disturbances, loss of motivation, low-self esteem, self-harm and feelings of hopelessness. We can also help with pre and post-natal difficulties as well as traumatic birth experiences.
Post-Traumatic Stress, following traumatic events such as accidents, injury, sexual or violent assault or witnessing traumatic events. We can help with a range of trauma symptoms that persist for some time after the event, including flashbacks, intrusive thinking, withdrawal and avoidance, feelings of guilt, shame, anger and vulnerability which are often present following traumatic events.
We also help with trauma associated with more prolonged or persistent experiences, such as family conflict, domestic violence., childhood neglect or abuse, attachment difficulties, bullying or relationship difficulties.
Complex mental health - we can also help with distressing experiences such as paranoia and psychosis and bipolar disorder,
Confidentialty
In essence therapy is a confidential space for you to work through difficulties.
If you share information that indicates you or someone else is at risk of significant harm then we are, however, legally required to pass on relevant information to other professionals and agencies.
In such circumstances, where possible, we would endeavour to discuss this with you in the first instance.
Make Contact
If you think psychological therapy may be helpful for you or a family member, please contact us to discuss your concerns.
We offer a free brief initial telephone consultation for you to discuss your concerns and ask questions. Alternatively, you can contact us here.
Following this, if you think therapeutic support might be helpful, we will send you out a referral form with our terms and conditions for your pursual and information.
Care you can trust...
At Abacus Psychology all of our Psychologists have up to date DBS checks and are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council - the regulatory body for Practitioner Psychologists.
Contact Us
Burnden House, 150 Weston Road, Stafford. ST16 3RU
07725 839462