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Social Work Therapy Tool Kit
I use a range of different therapies including:
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) – is a school of psychological therapies based on the premise that it is not ‘what happens’ that causes how we feel, but rather how ‘we think about what happens’ that informs our emotional response. While this is in some respect a basic concept, it is by no means simple to put into practice through our therapeutic relationships.
Strengths Based Therapy – emphasises people’s self-determination and strengths. Strength based practice is a philosophy and a way of viewing clients as resourceful and resilient in the face of adversity. It is client led, with a focus on future outcomes and strengths that people bring to a problem or crisis. This therapy approach can focus on individuals strengths as well as wider social and community networks.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) – is a specific type of cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy. DBT includes mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, distress tolerance and emotion regulation. DBT was originally developed for the treatment of borderline personality disorder, however evidence has shown that it can also be used to treat mood disorders, suicidal ideation and for change in behavioural patterns such as self harm and substance abuse.
Narrative Therapy - is a respectful, non-blaming approach to counselling and community work, which centres people as the experts in their own lives. It views problems as separate from the person and assumes people have many skills, competencies, beliefs, values, commitments and abilities that will assist them to reduce the influence of problems in their lives.