Therapy

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The Well-Minded Practice offers face to face appointments. We are situated in a discrete and tranquil location on the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border where we have ample private parking. 

We have been offering online or telephone therapy to clients for many years. With the advent of Covid 19 and the changes that this has made to so many aspects of life, online therapy, via Skype or Zoom has become ‘the new normal’. We are continuing to offer online therapy and clients are reporting excellent outcomes from working in this way. 

It is essential when undertaking online or phone therapy that you work with an experienced practitioner who knows both the potential for using this medium effectively and also the (surprisingly few) limitations that it has in order that therapy can be conducted as effectively and safely as it would be face-to-face in a consulting room. 

At The Well-Minded Practice, you can book with confidence knowing that the above requirements are being more than met – but if you have any further questions then please do get in touch and we will do our best to give you the reassurance or information that you need. 

What it is?

The therapist and client walk together during sessions, while addressing the issues that led to an interest in therapy. It encourages a patient to be more physically active and can help a patient get “unstuck” when confronting difficult issues. Not only that but it can spur creative, deeper ways of thinking often released by mood-improving physical activity.

Why it’s helpful?

Walk & Talk Therapy gets clients moving- literally and figuratively. It’s conducted outdoors, which can be very grounding and relaxing and clients can set their own place, which can be empowering physically and emotionally.

Research studies show that physical activity can improve the mental and physical health of clients. Physical activity has also been shown to reduce levels of depression and anxiety and can help to prevent depressive symptoms. 

Mind Charity Research

" 71% of respondents felt decreased depression and less tense after a “green” walk, while 90% felt their self-esteem increase after a country walk"

Depression and anxiety are two of the most common reasons people seek psychological support and they often go hand in hand. We understand depression and how to lift it and can help immediately with anxiety problems such as panic attacks, stress and phobias in order to help you discover the confidence and motivation you need to build a life that works for you. 

What is the Human Givens approach to treating trauma and phobias?

The amygdala has to learn that it is possible to visualise the incident without panicking. The 'rewind' is the most effective way to do this. The technique is a refinement of one taught on NLP courses for many years. This is a guided imagery technique, which allows the brain to revisit the traumatic events in a dissociated way while being physically extremely calm, so that the amygdala can reinterpret the memory patterns as non-threatening. The Human Givens version of the technique was refined as a result of finding out why it worked. It is the HGI preferred method of treatment because, when properly delivered, it reliably relieves the nightmares, panic attacks, flashbacks and intrusive memories.

Extensive clinical experience shows it to be a more cost effective and successful treatment than the treatments recommended by NICE guidelines, namely CBT and EMDR, that take many sessions and are often only partially successful. Treatment is safe (unlike critical incident debriefing for example, which research shows may increase rates of PTS). Treatment is non-voyeuristic. It is suitable for survivors of sexual assault, beating or any kind of humiliation, as the client does not have to tell the therapist the details.

In our experience of thousands of cases, people with a single-incident trauma are almost invariably detraumatised in one session, with one follow-up to check that all is well. Where the case is more complex the trauma is still normally resolved in one session, but there is often more work to do to help the patient catch up with things that they missed out on while in the traumatised state; build confidence or lift out of a depression or anger created by the suffering. Even so, the aim is to keep the therapy as brief as possible to give volition back to the patient as soon as possible.

•The Well-Minded Practice uses the terms PTS and trauma in place of PTSD.

Free specialist trauma therapy for veterans through PTSD Resolution.

You don't have to keep battling alone.

We accept referrals through  PTSD Resolution. 

PTSD Resolution is a COBSEO charity (no. 1133118) that helps Veterans, Reservists and Families who are struggling to reintegrate back into normal work and family life, because of trauma the veteran has suffered during service in the armed forces or other mental health difficulties that they have. This support is provided free of charge to the client. Please feel free to contact us for further information about this service or contact PTSD Resolution direct on 0300 302 055 for a referral to the therapist closest to your home through their nationwide network of experienced practitioners.

The PTSD Resolution therapist network are all human givens therapists who have successfully passed the Human Givens Diploma at practitioner level (HG.Dip.P.). They are therefore trained in dealing effectively, and as quickly as possible, with all major forms of distress, including anxiety and anger disorders, depression, stress, phobias, addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and relationship problems.

PTSD Resolution is accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Veterans Quality Network.