About Insight Therapies
Therapist
Lin Langford
Qualified Clinical Counsellor & Psychotherapist
Qualifications – Degree & Certificates
Bachelor's degree of Counselling from University of the Sunshine Coast
Integrate CBT, Exposure and Responsive Prevention for Treatment of
GAD, Panic Disorder, OCD, Social Anxiety and Phobias (PESI AU)
Certificate in Pet Bereavement, Certificate III in Aged Care
Certified Practicing Clinical Registration (PACFA)
Other Cards & Certificates
Blue card, Yellow card, National Senior
First aid certificate, National CPR certificate,
NDIS safeguard training, National Police check.
Insight Therapies approach is to utilise person-centred therapy and positive psychology, which are both utilised as a pluralistic strategy to therapy. Therefore, more than one approach is used to create a holistic approach to your unique circumstances and or difficulties you are experiencing. Pluralistic therapy is utilised within a session to guide the client to the best possible outcome through, empathy, empowerment, support, emotional and wellbeing support, resilience building, strength-based, positive psychology, narrative based therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, person-centred therapy, trauma focused therapy, and solution focused therapy.
Some Therapies utilised by Insight Therapy
Positive Psychology Theory
While traditional psychology generally eliminates barriers to well-being (e.g., mental illness), positive psychology tries to add facilitators to well-being (e.g., resilience). Seligman theorizes five “pillars” of well-being in what he calls the PERMA model (Seligman, 2018): 1. Positive emotion 2. Engagement 3. Relationships 4. Meaning 5. Accomplishment Seligman affirms that each of the above factors are intrinsically motivating & contributes to well-being. The Pleasant Life. This refers to a life characterised by as much positive emotion as possible. Certain skills, such as savouring and mindfulness, can amplify these emotions & contribute to the pleasant life. The Life of Engagement. This refers to a life characterized by flow, which we will discuss below. In this life, much of your time is spent doing activities (work, parenting, leisure, etc.) that are so engaging to you that you lose track of time. To pursue the Life of Engagement, Seligman suggests that you identify your highest strengths & modify your life to use them as much as possible. The Meaningful Life. This life is characterized by a deep sense of meaning. Comparable to the Life of Engagement, you are aware of what your highest strengths are. However, you find greater meaning by using your strengths to belong to, & in the service of, something larger than yourself. Positive Psychology arose, in part, as a reaction against the field of psychology’s traditional focus on mental health “problems.” Instead of trying to fix what is “wrong” with people, positive psychology asks how we can cultivate human strengths such as resilience, joy, and meaning. |
Person Centered Therapy (PCT)
encourages clients to create their own self-growth & actively self-heal in the future PCT believes that all individuals will grow & achieve their potential for growth, reduce the level incongruence between the ultimate & the actual self, & help a person become more of a functioning person. Self-Actualising Core Characteristics
Therapeutic Goals - Assist clients in achieving a greater degree of independence & integration, actively becoming better equipped to cope with problems, as they arise.
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