Celebrating over 5 years of helping people feel better!
Who Is Robert?
BACP Registered, Experienced CBT Psychotherapist and Counsellor
An approachable and down-to-earth psychotherapist with a passion for helping people feel genuinely better. I've been in private practice in Glasgow since 2018 and in that time I've helped hundreds of people from all walks of life feel more relaxed and content with themselves. I provide therapy services to companies looking to support their employees through a difficult time and I also work regularly with the legal profession supporting people recover from PTSD following traffic accidents.
What to expect
After welcoming you, and offering you a glass of water, (if you are at the office), we'll start out getting a snapshot of how you've been feeling over the last week. Then we'll set some goals for therapy and discuss what is getting in the way of those goals at the moment and take it from there. CBT by its nature isn't open ended and for many people a course of between 6 to 12 sessions is enough to help them feel a whole lot better. Sometimes people have more than 12 sessions, either because their mental health challenges are more acute (everyone is different), or that people value having a space where they can check-in and discuss what's going on in their life in the longer term. There's never any pressure to continue therapy, you're the boss, we'll be working to help you feel better week to week, and when you feel better enough we bring things to a conclusion. There is always the option of returning, either for a course of therapy or just a one off session whenever you like.
How I work
I provide either in-person or online CBT therapy with a modern self-compassion twist. I tailor a treatment plan in collaboration with each client, at times it may be more counselling, at times more classic CBT, but rest assured we'll talk about everything that you want to talk about and there will always be a plan in the background to ensure that we're moving things forward to meet your goals, help you recover from any mental health challenges you've been facing, and getting you feeling genuinely, lastingly better.
Therapy
What I can help with
My speciality and passion is in helping people discover and nurture their self-esteem and become more comfortable with themselves and their emotions. This can have a dramatic effect on depression and all types of anxiety, including OCD, panic, and in particular social anxiety. It can also really help people experiencing addiction, anger difficulties or pesky procrastination, as well as people who may just feel a bit down or dissatisfied with life as it is. The backbone of my therapy is a more classic CBT approach in which we explore how past events have shaped our responses to things in the here and now, and together coming up with new ways to deal with life's challenges.
What is CBT anyway? Is it for me?
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, is an evidence-based treatment for many psychological conditions. It's used widely in the NHS and around the world. It's based on an accepted understanding that our thoughts, feelings, behaviours and even many physical sensations (often including muscle tension, headaches & IBS) are connected. Increasing our awareness of these processes in ourselves empowers us to make conscious positive changes. It requires some effort on your part but you'll be supported to do this and the benefits are profound. I firmly believe almost everyone could benefit from some CBT. Even if you've had therapy before, and whatever the outcome, all therapists are different, and often NHS or other services are so time/resource limited that the effect is also limited, even when using CBT. At Robert Brown CBT we move along at a pace that works for you, more in line with how CBT should be.
What is Compassionate CBT?
It turns out a great deal of what adversely affects our self-esteem and self-worth is a self-critical mindset we often learn in childhood. Discovering that this isn't your fault, that we're all human and merely trying to get on as best we can may sound silly or even confusing, but with some help we can begin to make it an outlook which helps you to be kinder to others and more importantly much kinder to yourself. You may as well be friends with yourself!
Compassionate CBT blends classic CBT with a Compassion Focussed Therapy ethos. If you find you blame yourself (and/or others) for all your problems, or are prone to strong feelings of guilt or shame Compassionate CBT can help you re-appraise the situation in a supportive and non-judgemental space.
How much does it cost?
Sessions are £60 each during normal office hours and £65 in the evening. Sessions last for 50 minutes. You pay in advance for the first session when you make a booking. At end of the first session you can book and pay in advance for the next session, or you can choose to book in later on the website if that suits you better.
Sessions are 1 to 1 therapy sessions
You can reschedule at no cost or cancel for a refund by text or phone by giving at least 24 hours notice.
Sessions are charged in the event of cancellation within 24hrs of an appointment or in the event of no-show. In this case your next appointment will be offered at half the usual price.
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