You don’t need a referral from a GP or another medical professional to begin – you can contact us directly to discuss which therapy might be right for you.
Below you’ll find more about three of the core therapies we offer: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT).
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT is one of the most effective and well-researched forms of therapy. It helps you understand how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are linked, and how unhelpful patterns can keep problems going. Working with a CBT therapist, you’ll learn to recognise these patterns and develop practical strategies to make lasting changes.
This approach is short-term and goal focused. Rather than exploring your life history, CBT concentrates on the difficulties you’re experiencing now and equips you with tools you can continue to use beyond therapy.
At Prometheus, we use CBT to support people with a wide range of difficulties, but it is especially effective for:
- Anxiety, panic, and phobias
- Low mood and depression
- Stress and burnout
- Post-traumatic stress (PTSD) and trauma
CBT can also be helpful for many other challenges, including OCD, health anxiety, eating difficulties, low self-esteem, relationship problems, and perfectionism.
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR is a highly effective therapy originally developed to treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), but it is now used much more widely for a range of presenting difficulties.
It uses eye movements (known as bilateral stimulation) to help the brain reprocess distressing or traumatic memories. This reduces their emotional intensity and makes them feel less overwhelming.
Many people find EMDR helps ease symptoms such as flashbacks, nightmares, and ongoing feelings of fear or distress.
Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
CAT is an integrative therapy that combines ideas from both cognitive and relational (psychodynamic) approaches. It focuses not only on the difficulties bringing you to therapy now, but also on the deeper patterns that may underlie them. It invites you to step back and observe your own life, noticing habits and ways of relating that might be holding you back and finding healthier alternatives.
The therapeutic relationship is central to CAT. Because patterns often emerge in the therapy room as well as in everyday life, the collaborative nature of CAT creates a powerful space for insight and change.
CAT has a strong evidence base for complex issues such as personality disorders, and is also effective for anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and eating disorders such as anorexia.