FAR Psychology can offer you a psychological therapy service with a clinical psychologist in Cardiff.
Clinical Psychologists
Clinical psychologists working in the UK are required to complete a degree in psychology, a doctorate in clinical psychology and are trained to work with people of all ages as well as with those who have additional difficulties in learning or development.
Clinical psychologists will usually offer clients an initial assessment session to talk together about the reasons why a client is seeking therapy and to discuss their thoughts about how they can assist a client to overcome their difficulties. This assessment is used as a basis for building a psychological understanding of a person’s current difficulties, which assists your psychologist to plan your treatment sessions.
Therapeutic approaches:
Clinical psychologists are trained to use a number of therapeutic approaches during their training, including cognitive behavioural therapy and systemic family therapy. Once qualified, many clinical psychologists seek additional training and supervision in one or more therapeutic approach.
FAR Psychology draws upon three main therapeutic approaches which are used in combination to provide a therapy service for individuals, couples or families:
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
This approach is based on a central idea that the ways in which an individual feels and manages emotions is connected to the way he or she behaves, is determined by their life experiences, and by their interpretation(s) of these experiences. CBT is a widely researched and evidenced based approach which is helpful across the lifespan for individuals who experience many emotional difficulties including: low mood, anxiety and post-traumatic stress. CBT includes an emphasis on psycho-education and self help which allows clients to develop skills to overcome not only their current problems but also any similar ones in the future. Many modern CBT approaches also incorporate ideas from mindfulness techniques to enable clients to develop skills to accept and manage the impact of their difficulties in daily life.
Systemic family therapy
This approach is based on a central idea that the pattern of connections between one individual and another, and the usual ways of exchanging information in a family system, contributes to the way a family operates as a whole. Within this approach, change in families occurs by changes in family relationships either through changes in behaviour, meanings or feelings about those relationships. Systemic family therapy approaches use specific techniques in work with family groups or couples to find new and different understandings about problems. Systemic approaches with individuals, couples or families are useful across the lifespan for distress caused by family conflict and family trauma.
Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) This approach is based on the central idea that the mind can heal itself from the impact of psychological trauma much as the body recovers from physical trauma. Using the detailed protocols and procedures learned in the EMDR training sessions, clinicians help clients activate their natural healing processes. EMDR is a psychotherapeutic approach that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are a result of disturbing life experiences. EMDR has a growing evidence base of effectiveness in treating many of all the psychological problems that bring clients to therapy.
Clinical Psychologists
Clinical psychologists working in the UK are required to complete a degree in psychology, a doctorate in clinical psychology and are trained to work with people of all ages as well as with those who have additional difficulties in learning or development.
Clinical psychologists will usually offer clients an initial assessment session to talk together about the reasons why a client is seeking therapy and to discuss their thoughts about how they can assist a client to overcome their difficulties. This assessment is used as a basis for building a psychological understanding of a person’s current difficulties, which assists your psychologist to plan your treatment sessions.
Therapeutic approaches:
Clinical psychologists are trained to use a number of therapeutic approaches during their training, including cognitive behavioural therapy and systemic family therapy. Once qualified, many clinical psychologists seek additional training and supervision in one or more therapeutic approach.
FAR Psychology draws upon three main therapeutic approaches which are used in combination to provide a therapy service for individuals, couples or families:
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
This approach is based on a central idea that the ways in which an individual feels and manages emotions is connected to the way he or she behaves, is determined by their life experiences, and by their interpretation(s) of these experiences. CBT is a widely researched and evidenced based approach which is helpful across the lifespan for individuals who experience many emotional difficulties including: low mood, anxiety and post-traumatic stress. CBT includes an emphasis on psycho-education and self help which allows clients to develop skills to overcome not only their current problems but also any similar ones in the future. Many modern CBT approaches also incorporate ideas from mindfulness techniques to enable clients to develop skills to accept and manage the impact of their difficulties in daily life.
Systemic family therapy
This approach is based on a central idea that the pattern of connections between one individual and another, and the usual ways of exchanging information in a family system, contributes to the way a family operates as a whole. Within this approach, change in families occurs by changes in family relationships either through changes in behaviour, meanings or feelings about those relationships. Systemic family therapy approaches use specific techniques in work with family groups or couples to find new and different understandings about problems. Systemic approaches with individuals, couples or families are useful across the lifespan for distress caused by family conflict and family trauma.
Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) This approach is based on the central idea that the mind can heal itself from the impact of psychological trauma much as the body recovers from physical trauma. Using the detailed protocols and procedures learned in the EMDR training sessions, clinicians help clients activate their natural healing processes. EMDR is a psychotherapeutic approach that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are a result of disturbing life experiences. EMDR has a growing evidence base of effectiveness in treating many of all the psychological problems that bring clients to therapy.