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My name is Carol
Finney, and I'm an accredited Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapist.
I chose to train and practice as a Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapist
because it gives me an opportunity to help people improve their sense of
wellbeing by helping them to manage or overcome their emotional and other
problems.
My experience
I have worked for
large NHS Trusts, in GP surgeries and in the community, delivering
cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) to people with mild, moderate and severe
emotional difficulties.
I now spend about half
of my time working in an NHS Trust, where I supervise trainee and
qualified CBT Therapist. I spend the balance of my time offering CBT
Therapy to private clients.
Why CBT?
Sometimes a problem or
situation is so overwhelming that it is hard for us to help ourselves.
Working with a qualified CBT therapist, we can increase our knowledge,
understanding, insight and skills. We can use what we learn to manage or
overcome our immediate problems. We can also use what we learn to help us
manage and overcome new problems as they emerge.
What is CBT?
CBT is a talking
therapy. CBT therapists believe that, when we encounter difficulties and
when we are under stress, our thoughts, emotions and behaviours can all be
affected. And each of our thoughts, emotions and behaviours affects the
others. This can be positive, but all too often it increases our anxiety,
lowers our mood or helps inadvertently to make our problem worse.
Cognitive behaviour
therapy is an advanced form of counselling. It's practical. It focuses on
the problems you have now and it usually takes between 6 and 12 sessions
to complete. Most of the people who try CBT find that helps them to
manage, control or overcome their problems. It isn’t suitable for
everyone, and it can’t be used to manage every emotional problem. But its
effects are wide ranging, and its benefits can be overwhelmingly positive.
I have extensive
experience counselling people with a range of emotional problems,
including
anxiety and depression,
anger, stress, panic attacks,
phobias, low self-esteem,
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
and
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
I have particular experience in problems causing anxiety or fear, including general anxiety, panic, agoraphobia, health anxiety, blood or injury phobia, and social anxiety. I have also worked closely with many people suffering memory impairment.