Clare blissett
Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT)
Pronouns: She/Her
I am a personable and empathic therapist with over fourteen years of experience supporting people with their mental health and well being in a variety of settings.
My background is in occupational therapy working in a hospital and outpatient setting for people with acute and severe and enduring mental health problems. Qualifying in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in 2009, I have since worked as a psychotherapist in both the NHS and more recently the private sector.
As a CBT therapist, I am experienced in helping people who are struggling with anxiety (such as excessive and uncontrollable worry, panic, health anxiety, social anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder), as well as depression and low self-esteem.
In therapy, we will work as a team to understand and overcome the problems you are facing. I believe therapy should be empowering, working towards my clients goals, at their own pace and enabling them to feel confident in how to manage and maintain the improvements they make when therapy has finished. My approach is warm and none judgemental and I am keen to encourage self-compassion.
Problems Clare is highly experienced in treating;
Anxiety - Stress
Anxiety - Agoraphobia
Generalised Anxiety
(GAD)
Health Anxiety
Panic / Panic Attacks
Performance Anxiety
Social - Anxiety
Phobias
Emetophobia (Specific Fear of Vomit)
Depression - Low Mood
Depression - Major
Depression - Seasonal Affective Disorder
Low Self-Esteem
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Perfectionism
Trauma - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Trauma - Road Traffic Accidents
Work - Stress
Clare is highly experienced in all evidence-based practices for all the listed disorders, including exposure response prevention (ERP) for the treatment of OCD.
Therapeutic approaches Clare uses in her therapy;
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Compassionate Focused Therapy (CFT)
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
Mindfulness
Feedback from Clare’s clients.
“The therapy offered me anew path to fight by illness and taught me another way of thinking” Annonymous
“It has been a great help and I am very fortunate to have met you Clare” Annonymous
“Thank you for all your help Clare, it has made a huge difference to me” Annonymous
Qualifications & Training
Accredited CBT Therapist. BABCP membership number: 090758
PG Diploma in CBT (2009)
BSc (Hons) OT (2005)
What is CBT?
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an evidenced based & well researched talking therapy. It is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for many mental health problems.
It is most commonly used to treat anxiety and depression, but can be useful for many other mental and physical health problems.
CBT focuses upon how your thoughts and behaviours impact upon your emotions and physical symptoms.
CBT is collaborative treatment and typically involves doing homework tasks between appointments.
It aims to teach you to become your own therapist, teaching you tools so you can keep using the strategies and techniques you have learned after you have finished therapy.