Psychologist/psychotherapist for anxiety disorders/bipolar & experienced in CBT, Hypnotherapy and Schema therapy?

Hi, just thought would add the Cognitive Behaviour Clinic, they do psychodynamic therapy, looking at the past for issues that are coming up now. I had treatment there and it was very good and effective, can recommend.

I'd like to echo Runth's post in urging treatment with medication if these conditions have been diagnosed. CBT has been shown to be very good for depression but it's best used when the mood has already improved with the help of meds.

There's a Western female CBT specialist at Moving Forward, a new counseling service. She uses schema therapy and is also person-centered, i.e. nonjudgmental.

Manic Depression and to some extent cyclothymia (a milder bipolar illness) are illnesses which are commonly believed to be caused by a chemical imbalance. Not wanting to take any medication is akin to a diabetic not wanting to take insulin or an epileptic not wanting to take AEDs. Because this illness is in the mind many people think they can just treat the mind, but both the mind and body need to be treated. These are real illnesses and must be treated as such. My father was manic depressive and I don't mean a rich guy that checked himself into the Priory every year for a therapy. He was taken away by armed police and sectioned during a manic episode and he also managed to mortgage our house and lose it on the stock market (in just a few days). My cousin has cyclothymia. My father was on medication from 1987 until when he died in 2005. The medication saved his life, he could not function without it. My mother is a psychotherapist. We had a neighbour who was also bi polar and refused to take her meds, and trust me she and her children did not lead happy lives. Fortunately she was bipolar II (my father was I) so her cycles were not so severe (mainly depression) but she still managed to threaten her neighbour with a knife as well as a few other instances. If you have been diagnosed with one of these illnesses then I would advise visiting a psychiatrist in order to find the right treatment programme of medication and therapy. Bipolar is normally diagnosed before the age of 20 (early onset will have been symptoms during childhood) or most commonly around the age of 40 often after a manic episode (my father was treated as clinically depressed prior to his first manic episode aged 42). Other disorders can mimic bipolar symptoms, BPD, PTSD, ADD etc. If you have not been diagnosed with one of these illnesses then I would suggest you visit a psychiatrist to have a full evaluation and for a full treatment programme which will include therapy but may also include medication. Medication is an important tool used the increase the effectiveness of therapy should you not be bipolar then over time you may be able to gradually remove the medication from your treatment programme.