Psychodynamic/ Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy examines one's background and internal sense of self and other.  By building one's capacity for awareness of unconscious desires and psychological defences, one may develop insight and resolve their difficulties.  Establishing itself as an evidence-based therapy, research has found that it is effective and clients report ongoing change as much as 12-months after completing therapy.

It differs from most other therapies in aiming for deep seated change in personality and emotional development which comes about by increasing awareness of a client’s inner world and the influence this has over all relationships, both past and present.  

Occasionally, the treatment might be of short duration during a period of crisis but generally speaking psychodynamic or psychoanalytic psychotherapy is best considered as a longer-term treatment involving a significant commitment for both patient and therapist.

This type of therapy can help with a variety of psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, relationship problems, post-traumatic stress and personality difficulties. It can also help people who are experiencing a loss of meaning or seeking a greater sense of fulfilment in their life.  

Art therapy helps children, adolescents, and adults explore their emotions, improve self-esteem, manage addictions, relieve stress, improve symptoms of anxiety and depression, and cope with a physical illness or disability.

Art therapists work with individuals, couples, and groups. No artistic talent is necessary for art therapy to succeed, because the therapeutic process is not about the artistic value of the work, but rather about finding associations between the creative choices made and a client's inner life. The artwork can be used as a springboard for reawakening memories and telling stories that may reveal messages and beliefs from the unconscious mind.

Drawing on the three main areas, Attachment Theory is used to understand disorganised states and its links to Borderline Personality.  Psychoanalytically, the role of trauma and shame is explored, and systemic ideas on the person's role in society are used as a way to make meaning of clients' struggles and establish ways of managing their issues for long-term gain.

An evidence-based therapy for the treatment of maladaptive emotional schemas and personality disorders.  This mode incorporates many strong components from various therapies  and is lauded to be useful to assist in identifying schema triggers, surrender and overcompensation responses.

Emotion Focused Therapy is an empirically-supported psychotherapy approach that views emotions as centrally important in human functioning and therapeutic change. An emotion-focused approach promotes emotional awareness, expression, regulation, understanding and transformation of emotion and the development of empathy as a path to health and well-being in individuals and couples. It is an evidence-based approach to the treatment of problems in living and interpersonal problems and is dedicated to the scientific study of the process of human change in therapy.

Having established itself as an evidence-based early intervention for assisting parents in their role in managing their children in a safe, respectful and effective way, it has been shown to increase attachment and security.  This therapy mode is popular amongst parents who suffer from their own personal insecurities as well.  For a comprehensive description of the COS Parenting program, visit Circle of Security International. 

CBT assumes that your thoughts impact your feelings, and thus your behaviours.  By challenging unhelpful cognitive assumptions, one may interpret the world more rationally.  Viewed by most as being evidence-based, this is a staple on every clinical psychologist's background. 

ACT as it is fondly referred to provides a structured way of assisting clients to learn to notice and accept their experiences, and change their relationship they have with their struggles.  By a process of defusion, one learns to relinquish control and make a plan toward committed change.

This mode of therapy focuses on promoting mindfulness as opposed to mindlessness, techniques are used to assist with stilling oneself and nurturing a sense of awareness of one's internal and external experience.  Research supports the effectiveness of mindfulness to aid in a range of psychological and physical ailments.