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Sydney Clinical PsychologyClinical Psychologists Specialise
Is Providing Evidence Based Treatments
Clinical Psychologists specialise in providing evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). All of these approaches are widely accepted around the world to treat a wide range of problems. They have been extensively researched and shown to be effective in clinical trials (in which the treatment’s effectiveness is compared against the results of having no treatment or against other treatments, such as medication).
All these therapies have a practical problem-solving approach, and focus on teaching people the skills to hep them find solutions to their problems.
They focus mainly on the present, rather than on childhood experiences. They are not psychoanalysis and do not involve lying on a couch, dream analysis or “weird” things. Of course, it can be useful to look at how and when unhelpful patterns developed, but our focus is much more on what you want your life to be about now, and what is preventing you from achieving it.
CBT is the most widely used therapy around the world today. It is a very practical approach.
ACT is a newer version of CBT that incorporates ideas such as mindfulness. It has shown to be effective with a range of problems.
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy. DBT helps people with more complex problems to develop better coping skills, relationships, and self-esteem.
Schema therapy is also aimed at more longer-term problems. It is based on the idea that some people seem to get caught up in cycles of self-defeating patterns.
Much of therapy today occurs on a one-on-one basis. However, sometimes individual therapy may be supplemented with group therapy.
Group therapy can be an effective way of learning and changing. It gives people to learn from the therapists and from others who have similar problems, while also feeling supported.
Common
Psychological Problems
So much of people’s social lives revolve around alcohol and it is everywhere; sport, advertising, bars, barbeques, it’s everywhere and is often seen a right. However, in recent times alcohol has become increasingly the focus of government policy because the negative costs to society of alcohol and drug use is nothing but staggering.
Anger is an emotion. Like all emotions it involves thoughts, feelings, behaviours and physical sensations. Anger involves the same kinds of physical sensations as anxiety, although they are not necessarily experienced the same way.
Anxiety a very common reaction that everyone will experience from time to time. The role of anxiety is to warn and protect us against danger. What we call anxiety is a collection of thoughts, feelings, behaviour and bodily sensations.
Most of us feel sad or miserable at times. These feelings may follow a disappointment, loss of a friend, loss of a job, or a number of other stressful or unpleasant life events. These feelings of sadness are very common and are experienced by everyone.
Sleep is a behaviour and skill. Like any other behaviour we can develop good and bad habits. Good sleep habits leave us feeling rested and refreshed while ongoing bad sleeping habits can affect many areas of our lives. In addition to our sleeping behaviour, problems in our lives can also impact on our sleep.
There is no doubt that life can be challenging and at times very difficult. As a result, most people have some type of potentially traumatic experience during their life.
A degree of stress at work is normal for most people. There is always some form of pressure at work, whether that be deadlines, budgets, coping with change and so on. In addition, work brings us into contact with all kinds of people, some of whom we may have very little to do with were it not for work.
Everyone worries, it’s quite normal and is actually quite helpful for most people. Worry involves your brain bringing up things that could go wrong, and ideally you then work through the potential problem and find a solution.
