Therapy is a word that covers a very broad spectrum. Nowadays there is an ever increasing amount of services that can be offered to help an individual with a specific difficulty.
Depending on what your problem is, or what it is you want to achieve there will be a specialist in that field.

For mental health problems, depression etc, talking therapies are recommended. This can range from talking with a counsellor, for mild problems, to talking with a psychologist or psychiatrist for more long term deep rooted problems. For more phobic specific depressions or anxiety there is a therapy that is becoming more and more popular which is called CBT, cognitive behavioural therapy.

The idea of CBT is to help change your thinking, by challenging and changing your automatic negative thoughts. It is a very successful treatment.

Positive psychology is an approach to mental health that is less concerned with what is wrong and more focused on enhancing what is right. Going beyond fixing problems, positive psychology seeks to build potential. If you work with a therapist who applies positive psychology, your goals quite likely won’t be to reduce anxiety or overcome depression; instead, you’ll work specifically to increase happiness and deep well-being.

As a complement to traditional therapy, positive psychology can help people overcome many obstacles. It’s often used in combination with other approaches, such as CBT, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) or other therapies that seek to help people alleviate problems. Because positive psychology goes beyond what is wrong to building more of what is right, it strengthens and enhances traditional therapeutic approaches.

Whatever mental health challenge you may be facing, working with a therapist who applies positive psychology can help you shift your focus and attention to what’s good in your life (away from pessimism and problems to optimism and potential), identify your strengths and discover ways to use them, and create a life of purpose and meaning.

You can work with me to identify your own top strengths and then develop ways you can use them every day to enhance the quality of your life. You can use your strengths to overcome mental health challenges as well as to make their lives better even if they aren’t facing such difficulties.

For more information on CBT therapy and positive psychology counselling contact me, Gary 0876440777.

I don’t use positive psychology exclusively but instead, work the concepts into my time with clients to help them build wellbeing in addition to reducing problems like depression or anxiety.

Your local GP or healthcare specialist will be able to advise you of which therapy may be beneficial to you.