Rian Lloyd CBT
Belfast
Belfast
If you’re looking for therapy that works for you, consider my services in Belfast. Accredited by BABCP and recommended by my previous clients, my work ensures that you get back on track no matter what you’ve been facing. I’ve been active in the city for more than 5 years and by undertaking additional training I’m now able to provide outstanding therapy that heals the mind and body.
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Proven worldwide to be effective for a wide range of common mental health difficulties, including depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, anger and stress, CBT forms the core of my therapeutic practice.
The ‘cognitive’ aspect focuses on identifying patterns of thinking that are getting in your way and how to challenge these so that they are more helpful. CBT is not about ‘positive thinking’. There is no use in telling yourself ‘everything is fine’ if it isn’t. However, it does help you to reassess your thoughts, whether there is information anxiety or depression are making you miss or misinterpret, and how to proactively move forward.
The ‘behavioural’ side builds on the cognitive, showing you how to translate these new thoughts and realisations into actions. Depression can make us withdraw from life and then feel even lower. Anxiety can make us avoid situations or overwork, for example. CBT then focuses on identifying such patterns and finding ways to help you break out of these cycles.
Sessions available face-to-face in Belfast, or remotely by phone, Skype or Zoom.
30-Minute Consultation by Phone or Skype | Free
Assessment or Treatment Session (60 Minutes) | £65
Cancellation Less Than a Full Day before the Session | £30
Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)
Many of us in Western culture mistake ‘compassion’ for ‘giving yourself a free pass’. This is not what is meant in CFT. Compassion here means being able to view yourself, flaws and all, with a fair, empathic, and nurturing eye. It is not about ignoring your faults; it’s being able to examine them without self-criticism. I want to help you to move towards compassionate self-correction so you can keep developing as a person without that ‘inner critic’ continually holding you back.
I use CFT primarily when self-criticism, guilt, and shame are prominent in a client’s difficulties. This approach focuses on challenging patterns of self-criticism (whilst not ignoring areas we need to develop) and building an emotional sense of safety with oneself. Imagery work is often part of CFT as research demonstrates that imagery can lead to greater emotional change than thoughts alone.
Sessions available face-to-face in Belfast, or remotely by phone, Skype or Zoom.
30-Minute Consultation by Phone or Skype | Free
Assessment or Treatment Session (60 Minutes) | £65
Cancellation Less Than a Full Day before the Session | £30
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Whilst CBT focuses on thoughts and behaviours, and CFT focuses on emotion, sensorimotor psychotherapy completes the puzzle by primarily focusing on the body. ‘Sensori-’ refers to our bodily senses (e.g., touch, sight, hearing etc.) and ‘-motor’ refers to bodily movements, whether small (like a habitual holding of tension) or large (like the impulse to raise our arms in defence).
I use sensorimotor skills when clients find there are habitual ways in which they hold their bodies, causing repeated patterns that are getting in their way. This can range from slumped posture exacerbating low mood to always having their head lowered and preventing assertive communication. These are patterns of action that are repeated because of past traumas. The sensorimotor approach uses the body’s own impulses to work out how to break these habitual patterns to restore a sense of confidence and safety inside your own body.
Sessions available face-to-face in Belfast, or remotely by phone, Skype or Zoom.
30-Minute Consultation by Phone or Skype | Free
Assessment or Treatment Session (60 Minutes) | £65
Cancellation Less Than a Full Day before the Session | £30
