07842 516699
Richard George
Psychotherapy
BSc, MSc, PGDip, MBABCP
Registered with BUPA, Aviva, AXA PPP​​​​
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Cambridge
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing
Clinical Supervision
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Welcome
Hello. I’m Richard and I'm an established psychotherapist based in central Cambridge and online. I provide a safe environment for you to discuss your difficulties and express yourself without fear of being judged and where your privacy is assured. As an experienced practitioner who has worked in the NHS for approximately 18 years and private practice for 5 years, I have a wealth of clinical experience to draw on. I offer the most up-to-date, evidence based psychological therapies for a range of difficulties.
What's therapy like?
Therapy is centred around you. I try to match the pace and delivery of therapy to my clients’ needs. Some people like to get ‘stuck in’ so to speak, whilst others want to take some time. Either way, my sessions are collaborative and I balance a person-centred approach with maintaining a clear direction for my clients.
There are a number of steps that I will guide you through to ensure that therapy is clinically effective. These include;
1) History Taking – discussing what difficulties you have and the context and history of these.
2) Goal Planning – what will recovery look like for you? What do you feel ready to work on at this point in time? How will we know if our sessions have been effective? I will support you in developing goals that are observable and measurable. This also ensures I am helping you in a way that you want to be helped.
3) Introduction to Formulation – this is where we focus on the key elements of your difficulties in greater detail. We map out the elements in such a way that you gain insight and understand the factors which are maintaining them.
This phase also involves guided discovery through dialogue. The mind is like an onion, with many layers – sometimes the difficulties we experience on the surface are just symptoms of something more fundamental deeper down – such as early experiences and core-beliefs that can influence unhelpful expectations we place on ourselves.
4) Psychoeducation – this involves building up your foundational knowledge around subjects such as anxiety and depression, which helps you during the treatment phase.
5) Treatment Phase – through dialogue, exercises and experimentation, you develop tools that will keep your recovery moving forward and will stay with you for life. Most of your time in therapy will be spent in this phase.
6) Relapse Prevention Plan – when you have reached recovery, we can draw up a staying well plan and identify early warning signs, to reduce the likelihood of relapse. At this point, we end therapy and schedule a review.
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