“Happiness is contagious and will always manage to find a solution.”

Paulo Coelho

Approach and orientation

CBT emphasizes the role thoughts play in the way people feel and their behavior. It is a collaborative approach where the needs of the patient are taken into account and their active and constant participation is fundamental for the development of the therapy.

CBT is goal focused and aims to help children, young people and adults  develop different life skills and coping strategies as well as promoting self-efficacy, independence, self-esteem.

Parents are very important in CBT as they are the main collaborators of the therapy especially with young people and their participation can increase improvement rates.

Is an evidence-based approach that has been proved effective for working with a range of social and emotional difficulties in children, young people, and adults.

A different service to CBT

I use free play and the Reggio Emilia approach which are crucial part of the way I work. These approaches encourage creative expression through the use of non-structured materials. The sessions are based on the child’s unique needs and are run at their own pace, which are useful ways in helping children and young people express what they are going through. They can also be used in Nurseries, Rhyme time and other settings.

Contact
“ Educating the mind without an education of the heart is no education at all.”

Aristoteles
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“ The child is made of one hundred.
The child has a hundred languages
A hundred hands
A hundred thoughts
A hundred ways of thinking
Of playing of speaking."

Loris Malaguzz
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Learning Difficulties

OCD

Anger Management

Anxiety

Depression

Panic Attacks

Attachment Issues

Autism

Trauma

School Based Difficulties

Eating Disorders

Social Anxiety

Therapy in English and Spanish

Children and young people

I have over 5 years’ experience, working with children, young people, adults and their families with diverse emotional needs, in clinical and community settings, schools and mental health hospitals, in England and abroad.

  • CBT psychological wellbeing practitioner

    Practitioner with children and young people, 4-17 years old. Face therapy sessions with children and young people and their families, doing assessments providing CBT psychoeducation, working with CBT resources and providing CBT interventions. 

  • CBT Sessions

    Sessions for young people and their families, once a week, as a volunteer CBT trainee for a charity Riverside Counselling service in Henley on Thames, England.

  • At PACT

    I conducted a case study including a comprehensive assessment of a young child. I have combined the clinical and school settings offering assessment, CBT, school observations, as well as obtaining teachers, director and teaching assistants input and cooperation. I provided CBT interventions to both mother and child.

I have implemented psychoeducation for families to be knowledgeable about the difficulties experienced by patients, finding the best way to support them, and to cope with dealing with such difficulties at home.

I have over 5 years’ experience, working with children, young people, adults and their families with diverse emotional needs, in clinical and community settings, schools and mental health hospitals, in England and abroad.

  • School setting

    I provided psychoanalytic psychotherapy (one-to-one) in a school to help vulnerable children, who were growing up in a neglected and poor zone of conflict. I have also provided workshops for parents to guide them in coping with the emotional distress of family violence and abuse and helped them with the challenges of raising children in disadvantaged areas. I did some creative workshops for the children during lunch time as well.

Adults

I have worked with adults with depression, anxiety, and phobias in face-to-face settings and online. 

My private practice

Online CBT therapist:

I offer CBT assessments and sessions for adults  online. 

I provide a safe space for clients to express their feelings, thoughts, be heard, and learn different coping strategies, problem-solving techniques or behaviours to deal with the current challenges.

IAPT NHS service:

As a CBT therapist in the NHS, I carried out risk and general assessments, made referrals to other services where necessary, devised a shared treatment plan  and provided CBT to adults, both face-to-face and over the phone

  • Mental Health facility

    I have experience working in a mental health setting, carrying out psychological assessments, interviewing, making diagnoses and implementin interventions for patients.

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I offer you a free 25-minute session to get to know you and understand your needs.

Email:

andreaguidacounselling@gmail.com

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