Sage Psychology Group

Therapeutic Approaches

Every person is unique and deserves individual attention.

Our psychologists spend time and effort developing a tailored approach to suit your individual needs.

These approaches may include the following:

Psycho-
education

Providing information about biological, cognitive and emotional aspects of psychological issues.

 

With this approach, we can assist you with an increased understanding and awareness of the processes underlying many Psychological issues, helping you to make informed choices about change and treatment.

Cognitive
Behaviour
Therapy

There are specific CBT treatments for different psychological problems. Common elements of CBT include:

  • Identifying and challenging unhelpful thinking patterns
  • Identifying underlying negative core beliefs that lead to unhelpful thinking patterns
  • Identifying and challenging unhelpful behavioural patterns
  • Improving positive and helpful lifestyle behaviours
  • Relaxation training
    Exposure therapy (in treatment of anxiety disorders and phobias)

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is the practice of bringing your full attention in an open, non-judgmental way to the present moment.

 

Mindful Meditation can assist you in developing skills to be more focused and clear in your thinking. Mindfulness can also assist us in developing non-judging, open and accepting attitudes to help us cope with adversities and connect to life more fully.

Psycho-education

Providing information about biological, cognitive and emotional aspects of psychological issues.

 

With this approach, we can assist you with an increased understanding and awareness of the processes underlying many Psychological issues, helping you to make informed choices about change and treatment.

Cognitive
Behaviour
Therapy

There are specific CBT treatments for different psychological problems. Common elements of CBT include:

  • Identifying and challenging unhelpful thinking patterns
  • Identifying underlying negative core beliefs that lead to unhelpful thinking patterns
  • Identifying and challenging unhelpful behavioural patterns
  • Improving positive and helpful lifestyle behaviours
  • Relaxation training
    Exposure therapy (in treatment of anxiety disorders and phobias)

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is the practice of bringing your full attention in an open, non-judgmental way to the present moment.

 

Mindful Meditation can assist you in developing skills to be more focused and clear in your thinking. Mindfulness can also assist us in developing non-judging, open and accepting attitudes to help us cope with adversities and connect to life more fully.

Acceptance
and Commitment
Therapy (ACT)

ACT is based on the core idea of accepting what is out of your personal control and committing to values-based actions and behaviours within your control to improve and enrich your life.

 

ACT focuses on:

  • Teaching you psychological skills to deal with your painful thoughts and feelings in such a way that they have much less negative impact and influence over you.
  • Helping you to clarify your values and what is truly important and meaningful to you and using that knowledge to guide, inspire and motivate you to change your life for the better.

Interpersonal
Therapy

As its name suggests, Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) focuses on how we connect to others and how this can contribute to conditions such as depression and anxiety.

 

IPT can hep you to increase your awareness and understanding of your past and present social roles, how you relate to others, and assist you to develop more effective interpersonal relationships.

Acceptance and
Commitment
Therapy (ACT)

ACT is based on the core idea of accepting what is out of your personal control and committing to values-based actions and behaviours within your control to improve and enrich your life.

 

ACT focuses on:

  • Teaching you psychological skills to deal with your painful thoughts and feelings in such a way that they have much less negative impact and influence over you.
  • Helping you to clarify your values and what is truly important and meaningful to you and using that knowledge to guide, inspire and motivate you to change your life for the better.

Interpersonal
Therapy

As its name suggests, Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) focuses on how we connect to others and how this can contribute to conditions such as depression and anxiety.

 

IPT can hep you to increase your awareness and understanding of your past and present social roles, how you relate to others, and assist you to develop more effective interpersonal relationships.

Relaxation
strategies

Includes diaphragmatic breathing, visual imagery, positive visualisation, progressive muscle relaxation, and mindful breathing, sensory awareness, and mindful body awareness.

Solution-
Focused
Therapy

Goal oriented therapy with a focus on discussion of solutions and steps to reach them, rather than focusing on discussing problems.

Positive
Psychology

Focuses on identifying and manifesting your unique character strengths, building gratitude, resilience, and optimism, and engaging in creative self-expression, life-affirming relationships and experiences.

Relaxation
strategies

Includes diaphragmatic breathing, visual imagery, positive visualisation, progressive muscle relaxation, and mindful breathing, sensory awareness, and mindful body awareness.

Solution-
Focused
Therapy

Goal oriented therapy with a focus on discussion of solutions and steps to reach them, rather than focusing on discussing problems.

Positive
Psychology

Focuses on identifying and manifesting your unique character strengths, building gratitude, resilience, and optimism, and engaging in creative self-expression, life-affirming relationships and experiences.

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

With a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship clients are able to find the words to describe and explore their experiences. This approach will often be more long term and involve deep reflection and analysis of long-standing psychological issues. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy can also be used to explore and understand the impact of our early life experiences and relationships, and to use this awareness to develop more effective coping strategies and healthier relationships.

Family
Therapy

Family Therapy is an approach that focuses on family relationships and dynamics as central to psychological well-being. This can be done with multiple members of a family attending counselling together to improve strained relationships and develop strategies to resolve conflicts more effectively. Family Therapy approaches can also be used when working with an individual to help them understand the impact of their family relationships on their psychological wellbeing and assist them to manage family boundaries and conflicts in more effective ways.

Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy

With a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship clients are able to find the words to describe and explore their experiences. This approach will often be more long term and involve deep reflection and analysis of long-standing psychological issues. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy can also be used to explore and understand the impact of our early life experiences and relationships, and to use this awareness to develop more effective coping strategies and healthier relationships.

Family
Therapy

Family Therapy is an approach that focuses on family relationships and dynamics as central to psychological well-being. This can be done with multiple members of a family attending counselling together to improve strained relationships and develop strategies to resolve conflicts more effectively. Family Therapy approaches can also be used when working with an individual to help them understand the impact of their family relationships on their psychological wellbeing and assist them to manage family boundaries and conflicts in more effective ways.

Narrative
Therapy

Narrative therapy is a respectful, non-blaming approach to counselling, which centres clients as the experts in their own lives. It views problems as separate from people and assumes people have many skills, values, and abilities that will assist them to reduce the influence of problems in their lives.

 

This approach helps to focus your internal narrative or dialogue on your strengths to empower you to respond more effectively to the challenges you face and to assist in the healthy development of your self-identity.

EMDR

EMDR (Eye-movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy)  is a structured 8 phase trauma therapy.

 

EMDR typically uses rapid eye movements (similar to the REM phase of sleep) to facilitate the brain’s natural processing of unresolved distressing memories. This processing can result in the distressing memories becoming more distant and less intrusive, and therefore lessening their impact on the individual.

Somatic
Therapies

Somatic Experiencing Therapy is a trauma healing approach which integrates the mind-body connection and utilises the awareness of sensations in the body to assist people with re-negotiating, managing and integrating the emotional and physiological effects of trauma.

Narrative Therapy

Narrative therapy is a respectful, non-blaming approach to counselling, which centres clients as the experts in their own lives. It views problems as separate from people and assumes people have many skills, values, and abilities that will assist them to reduce the influence of problems in their lives.

 

This approach helps to focus your internal narrative or dialogue on your strengths to empower you to respond more effectively to the challenges you face and to assist in the healthy development of your self-identity.

EMDR

EMDR (Eye-movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy)  is a structured 8 phase trauma therapy.

 

EMDR typically uses rapid eye movements (similar to the REM phase of sleep) to facilitate the brain’s natural processing of unresolved distressing memories. This processing can result in the distressing memories becoming more distant and less intrusive, and therefore lessening their impact on the individual.

Somatic Therapies

Somatic Experiencing Therapy is a trauma healing approach which integrates the mind-body connection and utilises the awareness of sensations in the body to assist people with re-negotiating, managing and integrating the emotional and physiological effects of trauma.