Help, made for you.
Tailored Support.
The therapeutic approach for your treatment will be adapted to suit your own unique experience, needs and strengths. Laura draws on a range of evidence-based treatment approaches when working with clients. These include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Schema Therapy and Mindfulness Based Therapy, and is trained in Trauma-Informed Practice. See more about these therapies below.
Assessment & monitoring.
Your first session typically includes a 90-minute conversation which will help us better understand your current challenges or symptoms, your mental and physical health history, your relationships, whanau and support systems and more. This information will inform the approach of our work together in future 50-minute sessions. Laura will measure your outcomes and seek your feedback throughout to adjust treatment as needed and ensure you are experiencing benefit.
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) will give you skills to help deal with difficult thoughts and feelings effectively, rather than challenging, avoiding or feeling guilty for them. Sessions will help you identify what is truly important to you, to guide you forward into a meaningful life.
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on a person’s cognitions (thoughts), emotions, and behaviours, and how they are connected and affect one another. CBT targets your thoughts, emotions and behaviours to improve your mental health, make changes in your life and move toward your treatment goals.
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Schema Therapy
Schema therapy examines and targets individual’s schemas (patterns of coping and self-beliefs) that can sometimes get in the way of feeling well and living a full life. An initial assessment helps identify unhelpful patterns, and you will be supported to begin moving toward more helpful ways of coping and thinking about yourself.