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Specialises in

• Behavioural Activation (BA)

• CBT with Exposure and Response Prevention (CBT with ERP)

• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

Offers

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

About me

I'm an accredited cognitive behavioural therapist (CBT). I also work a lot from compassion focused therapy (CFT) for which I have considerable further training and to a lesser extent acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). I draw on a combination of these approaches to offer therapy consistent with evidence in psychology and professional guidelines about effective treatment. I work very much within a compassionate approach and support clients to develop compassion for themselves and their difficulties. I believe it is fundamentally this compassion that allows people to engage with their problems/ distress in helpful ways. People are very often critical of themselves for their problems/distress with an overriding feeling there is something fundamentally wrong with them that needs to be fixed.

I have worked as an independent therapist for the last 6 years. Prior to this I worked for the NHS in primary care, community and in-patient psychology teams. I've also held minor research roles around CBT for bipolar and psychiatric liaison.

I hold a degree in psychology and a post graduate diploma in cognitive behavioural therapy which accredits me with the BABCP. I also have considerable further training, supervision and personal development as a therapist related to compassion focused therapy (CFT) and to a lesser extent acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

Areas of interest

Autism; Anxiety; Relationship issues; OCD; Depression; Workplace stress; Burnout; PTSD; Trauma; Social anxiety; Panic; Physical health; Pain; Health anxiety

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Gastrointestinal disorders
• Gynaecological disorders
• Musculoskeletal conditions

• Neurological disorders
• Pain management

• Physical disability
• Rheumatological conditions

Medical secretaries

• Steven Timmins
• 3 Redcliffe Parade East Bristol Talking Therapy Rooms Bristol BS13 7BD
• 07417 529025
• 07417 529025
• steventimmins5937@hotmail.com