At Turning Point we pride
ourselves on turning lives around in a trully person centred
way
People
are not placed in a pre-existing service and expected to adjust but
rather the service adjusts to them
structured day programmes
Cognitive behaviour therapy - CBT
CBT has been shown to help people with various condition
certain anxiety disorders including phobias, panic attacks and panic disorder
a practical therapy which focuses on particular problems and aims to overcome them
sometimes used alone, and sometimes used in addition to medication
one type of psychotherapy ('talking treatment'). Unlike other types of psychotherapy it does not involve 'talking freely', or dwell on events in your past
not a 'lie on the couch and tell all' type of therapy
tends to deal with the 'here and now'
aims to find solutions to how to change your current thoughts and behaviours so that you can function better in the future
has a structure, is problem-focused and practical.