Talking to accredited psychotherapist and podcaster Carla Vercruysse about accessing different mental health services in UK.
FAQ’s about access to mental health services
Author: NeuroAffective-CBT by Daniel Mirea
Daniel Mirea is an accredited CBT psychotherapist, a senior lecturer and a clinical supervisor who trained and also trains in different cognitive and behavioural approaches including traditional-CBT, Compassion Focused Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnosis, EMDR, Schema Therapy, Mindfulness (MBCT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy or ACT. With a career spanning over 35 years in the mental health field, Daniel dotted many 'i's and crossed many 't's in the fields of mental health, forensic psychology or substance misuse clinics as a clinical head, clinical supervisor or trainer. Daniel Mirea always felt drawn towards complex cases of low self-esteem and childhood trauma but also at the other end of the spectrum by the prospect of enhancing performance and abilities through a positive mindset. As such, over the years he developed a few behavioural approaches including and especially Neuroaffective-CBT for chronic feelings of shame, Emotion-Focused CBT for interpersonal problems and Sports-CBT for enhancing performance in sports. Through this website Daniel Mirea will attempt to share some of his clinical experience, research findings with you but also his passion for the human mind in general, his findings will never cease to surprise...
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and how does this approach differ from other types of psychotherapy models (audio)
CBT is synonymous with evidence-based psychological treatment. Best understood as an umbrella-term that includes a number of very-well researched therapeutic approaches developed over the last few decades and proven to work with a number of psychopathologies… dynamic talking therapies like Exposure Therapy, Schema Therapy, Stress Inoculation Training, Mindfulness (MBCT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Hypno-CBT, NeuroAffective-CBT (NA-CBT) and a lot of other acronyms (i.e., MCT, DBT, CFT, FA, etc.) are all part of the CBT family. Although these therapies are designed to operate rather well within the medical model, they remain close to individual values, personal goals and desires…
Daniel Mirea goes into some depth on this topic with accredited psychotherapist Carla Vercruysse on Spotify !
Daniel Mirea about Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Disclaimer: this site and article are not intended as a self-help manual; the intention with all NA-CBT articles is to help and to develop knowledge. All case studies described are a combination of facts and very little fiction from different sources including personal clinical experiences. More similar work and great resources for inspiration, can be found on TedX -Treating Perfectionism, Brene Brown, Roz Shafran, Christine Padesky, Donald Meichenbaum’s notes on resilience, and others.
This particular article contains an audio podcast and describes real life situations for learning and authenticity purposes, it may follow anonymised cases who received NeuroAffective-CBT … this is part of a series of free handouts offered to students on doctoral or advanced training programs in Integrative-CBT; as already explained certain details have been changed in order to maintain anonymity.
Dr Meichenbaum’s personal story of love, loss and resilience (audio/ video)
Dr Donald Meichenbaum has won many titles and rewards in the field of psychology and cognitive-behavioural therapy but he is less known for his storytelling qualities. If you attended a masterclass in storytelling and writing, you would probably soon learn that gifted storytellers would typically open up with an exciting anecdote or a real story that grabs the audience’s attention, and then they will make sure the last thing they say is something that can resonate with the audience long after the story is over.
Dr Meichenbaum’s personal story has all of these qualities and more. In listening to his story, it is hoped that you will learn something about love, loss, resilience as well as story telling… Because afterall the best gift we can offer the world is our personal stories.
Enjoy…
References mentioned in the podcast by Donald Meichenbaum, PhD:
Dr Meichenbaum D, Roadmap to Resilience (free manual)
neuroaffectivecbt.com 