Following contacting me I will offer a 15-minute phone call at a time convenient to you to discuss what is happening for you at this time and leading you to seek out therapy with me. Following this we will have a shared understanding of what you have been through, and we will have a plan for what may be helpful for you. If it is not therapy with me then I will try to signpost you to services that could be more helpful.
When we meet for our first appointment either at Tadcaster Library for a face-to-face appointment or online we will have a 50-minute assessment appointment which will enable us to develop a treatment plan and we will contract an initial trial of CBT/CFT (usually 3-6 sessions). We will develop some shared goals for therapy and complete base line measures both of which will help to track change.
CBT is a collaborative approach; it is you and me against the problem. I bring my CBT/CFT skills, and you bring your knowledge of you. We tend to work in the here and now and only really venture into the past to understand how the past may be impacting on the here and now and making change in the future. It is time limited, and you can consult the NICE guidelines to look at how many sessions are recommended for specific problems. https://www.nice.org.uk

I am a BABCP Accredited CBT Supervisor, and I have been for over ten years. During my extensive career I have supervised and trained many CBT Trainees or CBT clinicians from a variety of clinical background’s such as Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Social Workers, and Psychiatric Nurses.
I have helped many trainees reach qualification as CBT Therapists and become accredited with the BABCP and enabled others to continue to remain accredited with the BABCP.
I love supervising and teaching others and I continue to work for the University of Hull on a sessional basis for their CBT courses. I worked for many years for the University of York and offered supervision and training for CBT courses at master’s level and Post Graduate Diploma level and Improving access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT). I was also course leader for the Undergraduate Introduction to Short Term CBT course all of which involved hours of supervision and teaching.
I am happy to offer a 15 min free phone call to discuss supervision with therapists or trainees looking for CBT and or CFT Supervision.