Anxiety is a common presentation in medical practice. Patients, their families and loved ones often experience fear around medical diagnosis, clinical procedures and prognosis even if no anxiety disorder is present. Cognitive behaviour therapy is one evidence based therapy which has been validated by experience over many years in helping patients with their individual circumstances.Dr Maarit Harden
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common presentation in medical practice. Patients, their families and loved ones often experience fear around medical diagnosis, clinical procedures and prognosis even if no anxiety disorder is present. Cognitive behaviour therapy is one evidence based therapy which has been validated by experience over many years in helping patients with their individual circumstances.
Focused psychological strategies such as cognitive behaviour therapy can increase resilience and provide transferable skills that enable individuals to make sense of their lives and reach personal goals. When cognitive behaviour therapy is paired with Mindfulness training it becomes a powerful tool to tackle life’s challenges.
Dr Maarit Harden has more than 20 years of counselling incorporating cognitive behaviour, mindfulness and emotion focused therapy approaches. She is accredited by GPMHS to provide higher level mental health care for patients and has trained other general practitioners in the use of these skills.
Initial appointments with Dr Maarit Harden are for 45 minutes or longer.
