Therapy for Low Self-esteem

How CBT can help you

To break it down ‘Cognitive’ refers to the ways in which we think about things and ‘Behavioural’ refers to our actions or well, behaviours! 

Sometimes we develop patterns of unhelpful thoughts and behaviours which can have a negative effect on the way that we feel, this sometimes turns into a negative cycle that just keeps on turning until we no longer feel able to get out of it, which leads to problems like Anxiety or Depression.

CBT helps to break that cycle by targeting the unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and creating more helpful ways of thinking and behaving.

What CBT isn’t however, is just ‘thinking positively’.

In comparison to other forms of therapy, CBT is quite structured which means we will always have a plan or focus for each session. It is defined as a talking therapy, so it does involve lots of talking but it’s quite an active therapy too, which means that some sessions will involve you doing exercises or tasks and putting into practice some of the things we talk about.

What is really important though, is that everything you do, will be discussed and agreed collaboratively.

Introductory Call

In our initial call we’ll have a brief chat about what brings you to therapy, I can share some thoughts about how CBT cagn help you and answer any questions you might have. If you decide you’d like to work with me, we’ll discuss availability and get your first therapy session booked in.

How it works

First therapy session

In our first session we’ll expand on some of the things we talked about in our initial call in order to get a deeper understanding of how your problems started, what’s keeping them going and how we can overcome them. We’ll also think about what goals you’d like to achieve together.

Ongoing

Each time we meet we’ll discuss and agree on a plan for the session and what you’d like to focus on depending on your goals for therapy. Our sessions are very proactive so whatever you learn we often put into practice which sometimes involves a task to work on in between sessions.

  • Therapy sessions cost £95 and are for 1 hour.

  • This really depends on your needs and goals and we can discuss this in our initial call. I’ve worked with clients who prefer to have therapy short term, so 6-12 sessions will be enough but I also have many clients who choose to continue therapy for longer because they find it helpful to have a space dedicated to them each week.

  • Usually therapy takes place once a week and that’s what I would recommend to begin with. Some of my clients who choose to have therapy long term sometimes space therapy sessions out to bi-weekly once they feel confident with the progress they’ve made, and I’d be happy to discuss this with you.

  • No! I have lots of experience working with a range of anxiety and depressive disorders including Depression, OCD, Generalized anxiety, Social Anxiety, Panic Disorder, PTSD, Health Anxiety, Specific Phobias and Body Dysmorphia.

    Some people recognise that they have low self-esteem but feel like there is a more pressing issues that is causing it which might need addressing first.

    If you’re not sure what the problem is I can also discuss this with you in an introductory call.

  • Yes, I prefer to deliver therapy online as it means I can work with anyone, anywhere.

    You can have therapy in the comfort of your own home and it’s least likely to disrupt your day.

    Research shows that online therapy is just as effective as face-to-face.

FAQs

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