Cariad Psychological Services aims to provide people with a range of skills to increase emotional well being and to achieve your goals in life.
Become the person you can be proud of.
Some of the services we provide and techniques we utilise:
EMDR
What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an integrative psychotherapy approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. EMDR is a set of standardized protocols that incorporates elements from many different treatment approaches. To date, EMDR therapy has helped millions of people of all ages relieve many types of psychological stress. Read EMDRIA's clinical definition of EMDR.
Pain Management
How to manage PAIN?
I offer specialist and general therapies for the control/management of pain. Drawing upon a wide range of resources, including the New Zealand Pain Society (NZPS) and the International Association for the Study of Pain.
Cognitive Analytic Therapy
What is CAT?
Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) is an integrative and relational approach to psychotherapy which was developed thirty years ago by Dr Anthony Ryle. Follow the link to learn about its versatile way of understanding psychological help and psychotherapy and the relational dynamics between individuals and contemporary societies.
Compassion Focused Therapy
What is CFT?
Originally developed by Dr. Paul Gilbert, Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) is an evidence-based form of psychotherapy that draws upon our evolved capacity for compassion to facilitate the alleviation of human suffering.
The Compassionate Mind Foundation was established in 2006 (in the UK) and aims to promote wellbeing through the scientific understanding and application of compassion. The Compassionate Mind Foundation-USA followed in 2012.
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There is also an Australian & New Zealand site that pays tribute to the inspiring and profound work of Professor Paul Gilbert OBE.