SERVICES

Elissa works with adults aged 16 and over across a range of mental health difficulties including:

Mood disorders
Anxiety disorders (generalised, social, OCD)
Adjustment disorders
Major life transitions
Perfectionism
Child-focussed parent work
Relationship conflict/ separation
Self-Esteem
Personality disorders
Grief and loss
Post-traumatic grief
Stress (work/ life)
ADHD
Women’s health (fertility, pre & post natal, peri & post menopause)

THERAPEUTIC TRAINING

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a talking therapy that can help you manage your problems by changing the way you think and behave. It's most commonly used to treat anxiety and depression but can be useful for other mental and physical health problems.

Interpersonal Therapy

Interpersonal Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on relieving symptoms by improving interpersonal functioning. It addresses current problems and relationships rather than childhood or developmental issues.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT therapy) is a type of mindful psychotherapy that helps you stay focused on the present moment and accept thoughts and feelings without judgment. It aims to help you move forward through difficult emotions so you can put your energy into healing instead of dwelling on the negative.

Solution-focused Therapy

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is a short-term goal-focused evidence-based therapeutic approach, which incorporates positive psychology principles and practices, and which helps clients change by constructing solutions rather than focusing on problems.

Mentalisation Based Therapy (MBT)

Mentalisation-based therapy (MBT) is a type of long-term psychotherapy. Mentalisation is the ability to think about thinking. It helps to make sense of our thoughts, beliefs, wishes and feelings and to link these to our actions and behaviours.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness a type of talk therapy that focuses on learning how to be more aware of thoughts, feelings, emotions, surroundings, and situations, and to reduce automatic responses.

Cognitive Analytical Therapy (CAT)

Cognitive analytic therapy, also known as CAT, is a talking therapy that mainly focuses on relationship patterns. It is based on the idea that our early life experiences influence the way we relate to other people and how we treat ourselves.

Schema Therapy

Schema therapy (ST) is an integrative approach that brings together elements from cognitive behavioural therapy, attachment and object relations theories, and Gestalt and experiential therapies.