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Specialises in

• Applied Relaxation
• Behavioural Activation (BA)
• CBT with Exposure and Response Prevention (CBT with ERP)

• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa (CBT-BN)
• Counselling

• Mindfulness based CBT
• Motivational Enhancement Therapy
• Trauma focused CBT

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

Fernando Lopes is a Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapist who is about to complete 30 years of experience working with psychological and emotional difficulties including addictions/substance misuse, depression, anxiety, PTSD, trauma and trauma related problems, and personality disorders.
Fernando’s work and experience extends across a wide range of individual and group treatments and over the years he has worked in the NHS and private sector.
At present Fernando receives referrals from the NHS/PHP services, private sector organisations such as Onebright/CBT Clinics and private referrals.
As a Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapist, Fernando has developed expertise and experience in a wide range of emotional and psychological disorders both with adolescents and adults alike. He has been a fully accredited member of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) since 2013.
Fernando has trained and developed skills and knowledge of CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and more contemporary models/branches within the CBT family of therapies, such as ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and Schema-Focused Therapy.
Fernando Lopes holds an Edge Hill University Post- Grad Diploma in CBT and a Hazelden Foundation Diploma in Addictions Counselling.


 BABCP member 091140 – Accredited since August 2012.


 Post-Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, Edge Hill University; 2010.




































OTHER RELEVANT SKILLS

 LANGUAGES

 Portuguese – first language.

 English – fluent.

 Spanish --fluent.

Areas of interest

-CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
-Therapeutic Models for Addictions and Substance Abuse;
-Mindfulness and its applications to psychotherapy;
-ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy;
-Schema-Focused Therapy.

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Eating disorders
• Pain management
• Personality Disorders

• Addiction and Substance Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
• Anxiety Disorders

• Depression
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - OCD

Medical secretaries

• Cristina Agostinho
• 11A Hydro Avenue West Kirby Wirral CH48 3HP
• 07783 364893
• crisagostinho@googlemail.com