Therapeutic Approaches
Empathic Counselling takes an integrative approach, incorporating a range of trauma-informed and evidence-based therapies. These include:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT helps individuals learn to accept their thoughts and feelings, rather than fighting them, and then take action aligned with their values. ACT emphasises psychological flexibility and incorporates mindfulness techniques.
Attachment-Focused Therapy (AFT)
AFT helps individuals understand how past attachment experiences shape their current thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, ultimately aiming to promote healthier relationships and emotional regulation.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
CBT helps individuals understand the link between their thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and to develop strategies for managing difficult situations and improving overall wellbeing. CBT teaches practical self-help strategies to manage life’s challenges.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
CPT helps individuals understand and process the impact of traumatic events on their beliefs about themselves, others, and the world.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
EFT helps individuals understand and regulate their emotions in order to build healthier attachments and relationships. EFT emphasises the importance of attachment theory in fostering wellbeing.
Existential Psychotherapy
Existential psychotherapy helps individuals develop self-awareness to find purpose and meaning in their lives. The goals of this therapy is to help clients live more authentically, by aligning their actions and beliefs with their values.
The Gottman Method
The Gottman Method is primarily designed for couples therapy, focusing on improving relationship dynamics, however individual therapy can address personal issues that may be contributing to relationship challenges. Key ideas and strategies of the Gottman Method are applied within individual therapy to help clients to better understand their relationship needs and improve their communication and conflict resolution skills.
Narrative Therapy
Narrative Therapy supports individuals to re-author their life stories, separating them from their problems to foster growth and change. Narrative therapy helps clients to gain a new sense of agency and empowerment over their lives.
Psychoeducation
Psychoeducation provides individuals with knowledge and skills about their mental health and how to cope with it. This knowledge empowers clients to better understand and manage their circumstances and improve their overall wellbeing.
Somatic Practices
Somatic practices are techniques that help individuals to focus on the connection between the mind and body. Examples of somatic practices include grounding techniques, diaphragmatic breathing and mindfulness.