We are a team of accredited psychotherapists who understand how overwhelming it can feel to reach out for support for yourself or a loved one.
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I am Hannah Byrne founder of Sapling CBT
I offer face to face Psychotherapy in Bristol and BANES.
Online sessions also available.
Each 55 minute session costs £100 (insurance company fees may vary)
Treatment is tailored to individual needs and typically takes between 8 to 16 sessions.
Services
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapist (EMDR)
Comprehensive Behavioural Intervention for Tics (CBIT)
About Me
Hannah Byrne (BA (Hons) PG Dip, MSc)
Specialist child, adolescent and young adult psychotherapist (age 8 - 24) Accredited with the British Association For Behavioural And Cognitive Psychotherapies.
20+ years experience working with children, young people and families. Experience working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health service (CAMHS), local authority children services and the private sector.
I specialise in working with care experienced young people and trauma focussed CBT.
Qualifications
Exeter University Post Graduate Diploma in Evidence-Based Psychological therapies for children, young people and their families; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
University of Bristol Masters Degree Psychology of Education
Oxford Brookes Bachelors degree Early years Education, Senior Practitioner status
Following the professional and ethical guidelines of The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).
Member of the Information Commissioners Office (ICO).
I am an inclusive practitioner however I work particularly well with boys and men with a specialist therapeutic focus treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Trauma and Low Self Esteem
Age of client
I work with adolescents age 16 + through to Adults
BABCP Accredited, Sessions held via Zoom
Emily Zarkow
Professional title
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
Therapeutic modality
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Mindfulness and Solution Focused Therapy
Specialist area
Emily is experienced in working with young people and adults who have mild to moderate difficulties with their mental health including depression/low mood, anxiety disorders such as generalised anxiety and worry, OCD, health anxiety, social anxiety, phobias, panic, and PTSD. She has also worked within substance misuse settings with those experiencing problems with addiction.
Age of client
Adolescent 14+ through to Adults
Sessions via Zoom
Nicola Davenport
Professional title
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
Therapeutic modality
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Specialist area
My background was in working with young people, in community settings, who were experiencing issues with substance use, and I am a qualified Substance Misuse Practitioner. In more recent years, I have worked with a range of complex emotional, behavioural and psychological difficulties including anxiety, low mood, low-self esteem, PTSD, OCD and specific phobias.
Age of client
Children aged 8, Adolescents and Adults
Sessions via Zoom
Leanne Thomas
Professional title
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
Therapeutic modality
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Specialist area
Leanne worked previously at Off The Record (OTR), a Bristol based charity providing therapeutic support for children and young people. Leanne commenced additional work with the adult NHS talking therapies service ‘IAPT’ as a CBT therapist in 2014 .Now in private practice leanne treats anxiety disorders and depression
Age of client
Adolescents age 16 +through to Adults
Sessions via Zoom and face to face in Bristol
Samantha Ann Spencer
Professional title
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
Therapeutic modality
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy I (Insomnia). Cognitive Behavioural Therapy E (Eating Disorders)
Specialist area
I have worked in a variety of mental health services including community drug support, the Priory hospital and NHS Primary care. I treat anxiety and depression as well as insomnia and eating disorders.
Age of client
Adolescent 16+ through to Adults
Sessions via Zoom
Kirsty Lucas
Professional title
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
Therapeutic modality
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Specialist area
Kirsty worked in healthcare for 11 years.This includes residential services for adults with Autism (ASC), learning difficulties and complex needs. As well as inpatient adult services and Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), who experience severe mental health difficulties including depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis, eating difficulties and personality disorders. In private practice Kirsty will treat anxiety and depression
Age of client
Adolescent 13 through to adults
Sessions via Zoom
Kat Fleming
Professional title
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
Therapeutic modality
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR)
Specialist area
I started my career working within custodial settings, applying CBT techniques to Offender Behaviour Programmes (OBP) to support rehabilitation. I then moved into working clinically as a therapist within the NHS in a variety of settings for the last 13 years. I have worked privately using remote platforms, as a consultant supervisor at the University of Exeter and within a voluntary capacity within a systemic family therapy team. I am a clinical supervisor for a therapeutic ambulance service and a panel member for a therapeutic foster care service. I have a special interest in supporting individuals from military families as I am from a military family myself
Age of client
Adolescent 16+ through to Adults
Sessions via Zoom
Paula Deshe
Professional title
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
Therapeutic modality
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Specialist area
Paula has almost 20 years experience working in various mental health units which has included working for the NHS and Priory Clinic. Paula offers therapy for a range of anxiety and mood disorders such as depression
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* Please note we are not an emergency or out of hours service. See helpline numbers below that are open 24 hours a day
Samaritans telephone line: 116123
Young Minds text service: Text the letters YM to 85258
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ?
CBT is an evidence-based treatment for anxiety and mood disorders recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
CBT is based on the concept that cognitions (thoughts), feelings, physical sensations and behaviours are interconnected. That unhelpful thoughts and feelings can trap us in a vicious cycle.
CBT aims to help clients deal with overwhelming problems in a more positive way by breaking them down into smaller parts and changing your relationship with them.
Several different techniques are used to explore negative beliefs held about the self, others and the world. By challenging our negative beliefs, patients will experience a change in their feelings and behaviour. Whilst therapy focuses on the here and now life experience will be explored, we know that our childhood shapes our view of ourselves and the world. When working with Children and Young People their parents are often brought in as co-therapists, the support they offer their child outside of the therapy sessions supports change and progress.
What is Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing ?
EMDR aims to help the brain reprocess memories properly so that it is no longer so intense. It also can help desensitise the person to the emotional impact of the memory. This will enable them to think about the event without experiencing strong emotions.
The therapist will ask the person to recall the traumatic event while they also move their eyes from side-to-side, hear a sound in each ear, or feel a tap on each hand alternately. These side-to-side sensations seem to effectively stimulate the brains adaptive processing system so that it can reprocess the information more like an ordinary memory, reducing its intensity. The effect may be similar to what occurs naturally during Rapid Eye Movement sleep, when your eyes move rapidly from side to side as the brain processes the events of the day.
What is Comprehensive Behavioural Intervention for Tics?
CBIT is a therapeutic intervention that has been shown to be an effective treatment for reducing tic severity and improving quality of life in individuals with tic disorders.
CBIT typically involves these main components:
Training the patient to be more aware of their tics and the urge that come before the tic.
Training patients to do competing behaviour or to suppress when they feel the urge to tic.
Using CBT strategies to make changes to day to day behaviour and challenging thoughts in ways that can be helpful in reducing tics.
Psychotherapy can be helpful for a range of difficulties
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Clinics
Bath Psychotherapy, 2 Prince"s Buildings, George Street, Bath, BA1 2ED
The Practice Rooms, 226 North Street, Southville, Bristol, BS3 1JD
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