Ross Wykes, NCPS

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on building a trusting relationship and helping people find their own solutions through listening and reflection. It suits someone who wants space to make sense of feelings and values, and to set goals at their own pace.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It often uses simple exercises and short experiments to change unhelpful patterns and is useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with stress.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, DBT, teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving how someone relates to others. It can help with impulsive behaviours, intense moods and improving day-to-day coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ross will discuss different methods and help decide what fits best based on a person’s concerns, goals and what feels most helpful. That choice is made together and can change as progress is made.

Online sessions offer flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be quieter and need less bandwidth, live chat supports brief check-ins and text messaging works for ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it simpler to keep momentum and try techniques in everyday situations.