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I am a registered general nurse with over ten years experience of supporting people in making changes to their behaviours.
I have a BSc (Hons) in Substance Misuse. I am working towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
I offer Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and support with substance misuse and general behavioural change
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Change is happening
I am a Registered General Nurse with many years' experience of working with clients; many who have been dependent on drugs and alcohol.
I gained a BSc (Honours) in Substances Misuse in 2006 from the University of the West of England. More recently I have been working towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. As a Trainee Therapist, I am under the supervision of a Senior Accredited Therapist with the BACP. This does not mean that a supervisor attends my client's sessions but supervises my work from a distance. As a member of the BACP I adhere to their Codes of Ethics as well as the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct. At this time I work with clients with depression and/or anxiety, as well as with addictions.
will offer 1:1 support based on Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Brief Solution Focused Therapy, all working towards the clients own Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time limited (S.M.A.R.T.) recovery goals.
Clients can refer themselves confident that they will be seen promptly. They will see myself, Alex Hughes, or a colleague regularly and not be passed from one worker to another. We will be able to refer you to a colleague nurse prescriber if an alcohol detox is necessary. In the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, if clients are ready and willing for change we will support them. Our vision is to set up behavioural support groups and where appropriate, offer one to you.
Having worked in an Abstinence Based Treatment Centre and having lots of experience in working in Twelve Step Facilitation, I am able to support people who like the Twelve Step Approach of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. However, I work in a client centred way, ensuring I never 'pigeonhole' people into a set of beliefs not suited to them. I will facilitate abstinence based treatment in my groups but central to the group will be Motivational Enhancement, SMART recovery and the principles of CBT.
Please feel free to contact me so that we can discuss whether I am able to support you; if not, I will be able to point you towards someone who can help.
CBT
I offer affordable, evidence based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to clients to improve their wellbeing and support them to make changes in their life.
CBT is a structured, problem-orientated therapy. We recognise that the way a person perceives things can be impaired and their interpretations become highly selective, CBT seeks to alter these perceptions. Together, we will work towards your goals to make healthy choices and a new way of thinking and feeling. CBT has been proven to help clients in the treatment of various disorders, including mood disorder, anxiety, personality, eating disorders, substance misuse and psychotic disorders. The purpose of therapy is to reduce distress or unwanted behaviour by undoing previous learning or by providing new, more adaptive learning experiences.
N.B. CBT may be available within the NHS; however there may well be a waiting list. Your G.P. would be able to provide you with more information.
Dependency and behavioural change consultancy Practitioners and clinicians are aware that evidence based Behavioural Support really helps change. They see patients coping with detoxification or stopping their problematic substance misuse, but struggling to maintain new lifestyle behaviour.
Dependency and Behavioural Change Consultancy
Practitioners and clinicians are aware that evidence based Behavioural Support really helps change. They see patients coping with Detoxification or stopping their problematic substance misuse, but struggling to maintain new lifestyle behaviour.
'Change is Happening' will offer one to one support based on Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Brief Solution Focused Therapy all working towards the clients own Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time limited (S.M.A.R.T.) recovery goals.
Clients can self refer themselves confident that they will be seen promptly. They will see myself, Alex Hughes, or a colleague regularly and not be passed from one worker to another. We will be able to refer you to a colleague nurse prescriber if an alcohol detox is necessary. In the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing if Clients are ready and willing for change we will support them.
Our vision is to set up behavioural support groups and where appropriate, offer one to you.
Having worked in an Abstinence Based Treatment Centre and having lots of experience in working in Twelve Step Facilitation, I am able to support people who like the Twelve Step Approach of Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous. However, I work in a client centred way, ensuring I never 'pigeon hole' people into a set of beliefs not suited to them. I will facilitate abstinence based treatment in my groups but central to the group will be Motivational Enhancement, SMART recovery and the principles of CBT.
Alcohol services for GPs
Having years' worth of experience in Motivational Interviewing, Brief Solution Focused Therapy and Group Facilitation and experience in case management of complex issues, we feel our service has the skills to support General Practitioners in supporting their patients into recovery.
Our vision is to support clients within their community and home environment in maintaining their abstinence or in reaching their own personal recovery goals.
We wish to facilitate change and where appropriate support clients into full recovery, without making clients dependent on services but supporting them to achieve their own treatment goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and Time limited (S.M.A.R.T.). We recognise the risk of clients becoming stuck in treatment and are mindful to avoid this.
In the spirit of CBT we would wish to address current problems and maintenance factors of those problems, and provide insight into developmental processes where appropriate.
If you have five or over patients who are interested and are willing to provide a suitable room free of charge for weekly one to ones and a group, we can offer treatment for a weekly charge to the client or to the practice of £60 per person.
This will consist of a weekly 2 hour group session and a weekly one to one session for each individual.
This would be for a minimum of 6 sessions and if suitable, clients could then just attend the group for £30 per week.
If support with Detox is required, we can provide a link to a Nurse Prescriber.
Qualifications
- Registered General Nurse 2002
- Certificate in Counselling Skills (Westminster Pastoral Foundation) 2002
- BSc (Hon) Substance Misuse (University of West of England) 2006
- Certificate in Group Analysis 2007
- Post Grad Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Plymouth University.
Experience
- 1995-1999 Hospital Orderly/Nursing Auxiliary
- 1999-2002 Nurse Training
- 2002-2004 ADAPT Barley wood Residential Drugs and Alcohol Rehab Unit
- 2004-2008 NHS Community Drugs Worker in various roles. South Devon/Exeter
- 2008- Present NHS Stop Smoking Specialist
Service Categories
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Counselling
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