The Assessment

Your first appointment will be an opportunity for your therapist to learn about the history of your difficulties, some details about your current circumstances, and your goals and expectations for therapy.  This appointment will involve lots of questions, so that your therapist can develop a detailed understanding of your problems and how best to help you to resolve them.  Occasionally a second appointment may be required in order to complete the assessment, depending on the duration and severity of your difficulties.

The Treatment

Changing Minds offers only evidence-based psychological interventions, in line with guidance from the National Institute of Clinical Effectiveness (NICE). The length of your treatment will be negotiated with you at the end of your assessment appointment, but as a guide we would suggest an initial block of 6-8 sessions, with a maximum of 20 sessions for most problems.  For individual therapy the session length is 50 minutes, groups are usually 90 minutes in length, and for guided self help the duration of the sessions will be either 30 or 60 minutes.