Our Services
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is an evidence-based approach, recommended by the NICE guidelines.
It is a collaborative therapy, whereby you work with your therapist to develop new understandings of your experiences and then develop new, more helpful ways to move forward. This is often achieved by setting SMART goals, psychoeducation, and cognitive and behavioural interventions.
It’s time-limited between 6 and 20 sessions, depending on what you feel is right for you. It’s a problem-solving approach and you will learn specific skills that you can use for the rest of your life.
Each session is about 50 minutes and is provided either weekly or fortnightly. For more information, visit: www.babcp.com/public/what-is-cbt
EMDR
The mind can often heal itself naturally, in the same way as the body does.
Much of this natural coping mechanism occurs during sleep, particularly during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Francine Shapiro developed Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) in 1987, utilising this natural process in order to successfully treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Since then EMDR has been used to effectively treat a wide range of mental health problems.
EMDR therapy is an innovative clinical treatment for trauma including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sexual abuse, domestic violence, crime, and those suffering from some other trauma-related complaints, including depression, addiction, phobias and some self-esteem issues.
For more information, visit: www.emdrassociation.org.uk/what-is-emdr
Social care
Shiloh also has a keen interest in supporting parents, carers, children, young people and professionals involved in or working in social care.
Our therapeutic services may be recommended by local authorities or other professionals for:
- School pupils aged 8 plus;
- Supported living settings;
- For parents where children may be on the edge of care, subject to child in need, child protection plans, or whose children are subject to care proceedings;
- Foster carers and connected carers;
- Social workers and other professionals working in social care.
Support for Parents
Dealing with mental health problems can present many challenges; however, this can be even more difficult if you’re a parent.
Not all children who live with someone with mental health problems will experience abuse or be affected negatively. At Shiloh Clinics we understand that many parents are in fact able and willing to give their children safe and nurturing care. However, sometimes it does affect their ability to cope with family life. Therefore it is important that parents and carers are offered the support when they need it in order to support them to meet their and their children’s needs effectively.
Shiloh Clinics has a number of experienced therapists who are dual-qualified as social worker and psychotherapist and have significant experience working within children and family services, including parenting assessment units, local authority safeguarding teams and CAFCASS. They have an in-depth understanding of the assessment framework, child development, social work legislation, theory and research (i.e. the model of change, the ‘toxic trio’ and adverse impact parental mental health can have on parenting).
At Shiloh Clinics we are keen to support and empower parents to make positive changes in order to improve their parenting. We also understand that even the involvement of social care can trigger some parents to experience symptoms of anxiety. It is therefore our mission to support parents not only with prior mental health issues which may be impacting on their parenting, but also to support parents who may be experiencing symptoms of anxiety and low mood due to uncertainty around social care involvement which may be impacting on their engagement (i.e. parents who may experience anxiety when attending professional meetings such core groups or court hearings).
In addition, Shiloh Clinics understands that carers of children can also experience mental health difficulties which may impact on their caring capacity. We are also keen to support foster carers, connected carers and support staff to address mental health difficulties.
Supporting young people
Young people who have experienced abuse or neglect often benefit from participating in talking therapies. Shiloh Clinics have the experience and understanding to support young people to tackle deep-seated problems or help them to achieve change in order to thrive.
Supporting Social workers and other professionals
Here at Shiloh Clinics we understand the difficulties faced by both social care professionals and the people we serve, with symptoms of stress and burnout common amongst professionals. We strongly believe it’s vital that social care professionals are afforded a safe place to debrief and promote their self-care.
We have experience in supporting social workers and other professionals within social care in managing anxiety, stress, self-care, and work/life pressures. We have supported social workers on long-term sickness leave and/or experiencing trauma-related symptoms due to transference. We are passionate in supporting social care professionals to prioritise their own wellbeing in order to live a fulfilling life in line with their values, as well as to provide the best service to the vulnerable people they serve.