A cognitive therapy, involving self-defeating negative and dysfunctional thoughts (schemas) that are developed in early childhood, which are repeated over time, and often serve as obstacles for accomplishing one’s goals and getting one’s needs met as they are the lens through which we see the world and ourselves and others through. Schemas are perpetuated behaviourally. The goal of treatment is to help break these negative patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving, and to develop healthier alternatives to replace them.


ACT involves accepting what is not within your personal control, and committing to action that improves your quality of life, which is guided by our values. This is taught through 6 core principles including connecting with the present, defusion, acceptance, observing, recognising values, and committing to action, based on ones values, even if it does feel uncomfortable.

A brief therapy that uses tools to elicit conversations directed towards achieving the clients’ solutions to the presenting problems. It is goal-directed and forward moving, rather than focusing on the problem.

CBT aims to change dysfunctional thoughts and behaviours, by encouraging you to re-frame thoughts and consequently change destructive patterns of behaviour.

IPT focuses on the relationships you have with others. The premise is that, relationships strongly impact how you feel (eg loss, or conflict), therefore strategies for how to manage relationships are discussed, with the notion that changing circumstances can improve mood.

A directive, client-centred approach used for eliciting behaviour change. It aims to help explore and resolve ambivalence. It is more focused and goal-directed.

In narrative therapy, events occurring in our lives are viewed as stories, which ultimately shape ones identity. By helping clients recognise that they are separate to their problems, the aim is to ultimately re-write stories for a future that reflects who they are and what their purpose is; separate to their problems.