Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a mindfulness-based behaviour therapy. ACT is underpinned by six core principles including developing psychological flexibility, defusion, acceptance, contact with the present moment, the observing self, values and committed action. ACT has proven to be effective with a diverse range of clinical conditions including depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, workplace stress and anxiety.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) helps individuals to recognise unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and learn how to change them. Therapy focuses on the present and the future, rather than on the past. CBT can help to control self-defeating thoughts and impulsivity and replace negative reactions with an improved self-image, new coping mechanisms, problem-solving skills, and more self-control.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) targets affective and behavioural dysregulation by teaching coping skills and using problem-solving within a supportive environment. Creating Connections Therapy supports children & young people to develop strategies that help them to self-sooth by exploring mindfulness, emotional regulation, interpersonal skills, and distress tolerance techniques. DBT has been used successfully with children, adolescents and young adults struggling to regulate their attention, mood, and anxiety levels, as well as those who have suicidal thoughts and self-injurious behaviours.

At Creating Connections Therapy, we use a person-led approach.

- We support the person, at the centre of our service, to be involved in making decisions about their life.

- Consider each person’s life experience, age, gender, culture, heritage, language, beliefs, and identity.

- Use a strengths-based approach, where individuals are recognised as the experts in their life.

- Include the person’s support systems as partners.