Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is an evidence guided structured form of psychotherapy that aims to alter the often unhelpful thinking (cognitions) and behaviour that commonly occur during times of distress.

Nigel Short

 Mark Hardcastle Susan Courtney Lydia Turner Peter Brady Michelle McAlpine

Nigel Short 
MSc (CBT)
BSc (CBT)
BSc (Nursing)
Dip. Nurs,
PGCE, RGN, RMN
ENB 650
Accredited Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapist

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Nigel has worked in mental health services since 1984 and has been practising CBT since 1996. He provides and receives regular clinical supervision. He has a particular interest in working with adults who experience difficulties with anxiety and or depression.

 

Mark Hardcastle
  MSc (Cognitive Psychotherapy)
 BSc (Hons)
 Dip, Cert Ed
  ENB 650, RMN
Accredited Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapist

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Mark has over 20 years experience of practicing CBT. He has trained and supervised many practitioners over the years and has a particular interest in working with young people who are experiencing problems for the first time.

Susan Courtney
ENB 650
RMN

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Susan has been working in the NHS adult mental health services since 1985 and completed her ENB 650 CBT training in 1996. She continues to provide therapy for a wide range of psychological difficulties. Susan has a particular interest and much experience in working with people with chronic eating problems and Obsessional Compulsive Disorder.

Lydia Turner
Accredited psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer
MSc (Cognitive Psychotherapy)
Diploma in Adult Behavioural Psychotherapy/ENB 650
RMN

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Lydia has worked in mental health services for over 20 years and has been practicing as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist since 1993. She provides clinical supervision to/for other professionals practicing CBT and has a particular interest in working with adult clients who experience difficulties with depression and/or trauma and young people who experience difficulties with anxiety.

Peter Brady
Dip, Cert Ed
ENB 650, RGN, RMN
Accredited Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapist

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Peter has worked in mental health services for over 30 years and has been practicing CBT since 1995. He regularly provides clinical supervision for other professionals who practice CBT. His particular interest is in working with an adult client group who experience problems with anxiety in its many forms, depression, and OCD.

Michelle McAlpine
RN, RMN, Dip CBT
Accredited Psychotherapist

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Michelle has worked in the field of mental health for 18 years and the last 12 as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist. She has worked as a Therapist in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary settings in addition to contributing towards education programmes for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy trainees. Problems treated include Anxieties - Phobias, Panic and agoraphobia, OCD, PTSD Health Anxieties and mild to moderate Depression. She has considerable experience in working with adults experiencing Chronic Fatigue, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Chronic Pain Syndrome.