Tips for Starting Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Thinking about starting CBT but feeling nervous? This quick guide covers what to expect and how to prepare, like understanding key concepts, setting goals, doing homework...
Mr James Lloyd, MSc
CBT Psychotherapist
Verified“As a CBT, EMDR, and IFS therapist with over a decade of experience, I help clients overcome anxiety, trauma, and stress. My approach integrates evidence-based practices to build emotional resilience, foster personal growth, and improve well-being. I am also an accredited practitioner and co-author of published research.”
About Me
I offer a collaborative space where we can navigate anxiety, trauma, and stress together. Drawing on integrated, evidence-based practices like EMDR, we can gently process difficult memories and experiences. This approach helps you build emotional resilience and find practical strategies for personal growth. It’s ideal for anyone seeking clarity and lasting well-being, ready to transform challenges into strengths.
Approach
Our sessions are collaborative, practical, and guided by your individual needs. Whether we meet in Cork or online, we'll work at a pace that feels comfortable for you, combining practical coping strategies with opportunities to reflect on your experiences. As you build confidence and resilience, we'll gently explore difficult memories when appropriate, using evidence-based techniques to reduce distress and help you develop healthier, more helpful patterns of thinking and responding. Between sessions, I may suggest simple exercises to support your progress, and we'll regularly review what feels most useful for you.
Services
Services Offered:
CBT
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a structured, evidence-based approach that identifies and changes unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours.
Learn more about CBTEMDR
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, a therapy that uses guided eye movements to help the brain process and integrate traumatic memories.
Learn more about EMDRPsychodynamic Therapy
A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.
Learn more about Psychodynamic Therapy
Works With:
- Adults
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
Anxiety
Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.
Learn more about AnxietyOCD
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, a condition involving unwanted, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviours or rituals (compulsions) performed to relieve anxiety.
Learn more about OCDPTSD
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a condition that develops after a traumatic event, causing flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, and emotional numbness.
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The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.
Learn more about TraumaAbuse
Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.
Professional Title:
CBT Psychotherapist
A psychotherapist specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, an evidence-based approach that changes unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns.
Credentials
Registrations
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
Qualifications
Master of Science (MSc)
Coventry University
Year: 2021
Service Areas
Ballintemple, Cork, Ireland
