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About Mourne Cognitive Therapy
Our Mission
"At Mourne Cognitive Therapy Centre, we are dedicated to providing compassionate counseling and psychotherapy services to individuals and families struggling with mental health issues. Our goal is to empower our clients to achieve their personal and professional goals, and to improve their overall quality of life by becoming their own therapist"
Our Philosophy
At Mourne Cognitive Behavior Therapy, we believe that everyone has the potential to lead a fulfilling and meaningful life. Our counselling and therapy services are designed to help our clients unlock their potential and achieve their goals.
Our Services
We specialise in Cognitive Behavior Therapy – CBT
We help people struggling with Depression, Anxiety, Panic, OCD, Stress, and related conditions. We support individuals face their fears, manage stressful situations, become more assertive, and make healthier choices. We have a compassionate, yet goal-focused approach. We see clients in person in Newry, Mourne and Down as well as Belfast, Antrim and throughout Northern Ireland. individual counseling, couples counseling,, and more. Our services are tailored to meet the unique needs of each of our clients.
Symptoms of Depression
Depression can occur for many reasons and can range from mild to debilitating. Take depression seriously; it can be life-threatening at times.
Symptoms include:
- frequent feelings of sadness or hopelessness
- change in one’s weight or appetite
- thoughts of death or suicide
- low self-worth or excessive guilt
- trouble concentrating,
- lessening of enjoyment of things less that used to be fun
- having less energy — even small things seem like huge tasks
- slower physical movement or thinking than usual.
Symptoms of Social Anxiety
Social Anxiety can occur for many reasons and can range from mild to debilitating.
Social anxiety is more than shyness. It's a fear that does not go away and affects everyday activities, self confidence, relationships and work or school life.
Many people occasionally worry about social situations, but someone with social anxiety feels overly worried before, during and after them.
You may have social anxiety if you:
Worry about everyday activities, such as meeting strangers, starting conversations, speaking on the phone, working or shopping.
Avoid or worry a lot about social activities, such as group conversations, eating with company and parties
always worry about doing something you think is embarrassing, such as blushing, sweating or appearing incompetent.
Find it difficult to do things when others are watching – you may feel like you're being watched and judged all the time.
Fear being criticised, avoid eye contact or have low self-esteem
Often have symptoms like feeling sick, sweating, trembling or a pounding heartbeat (palpitations)
have panic ...
Symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
The main symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder are unpleasant thoughts and repetitive behaviours that you cannot control.
If you have OCD, you'll usually experience frequent obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours.
An obsession is an unwanted and unpleasant thought, image or urge that repeatedly enters your mind, causing feelings of anxiety, disgust or unease.
A compulsion is a repetitive behaviour or mental act that you feel you need to do to temporarily relieve the unpleasant feelings brought on by the obsessive thought.
For example, someone with an obsessive fear of being burgled may feel they need to check all the windows and doors are locked several times before they can leave their house.
Women can sometimes have OCD during pregnancy or after their baby is born. Obsessions may include worrying about harming the baby or not sterilising feeding bottles properly. Compulsions could be things such as repeatedly checking the baby is breathing.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, TMS.
If you’re struggling with depression and medication hasn’t helped, it might be time to try something new. TMS has been NICE and NHS approved for the treatment of depression since 2015, and it’s been proven effective in over 30 clinical studies. TMS uses a safe magnetic field to stimulate the brain and relieve the symptoms of depression.
John Breslin MBA. PgCBT. PgMHS. BSc Psych Hons. MBACP
John supports clients who are experiencing a wide variety of mental health challenges. Origionally qualified as a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist he is also trained in a range of supports to meet client needs. He now also provides Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for treatment resistent depression and OCD.
“This is the most rewarding work I have ever been involved in. It is such an honour and privilege to be part of another individual’s journey while working through whatever challenges they face. Seeing people come out the other side of those challenges as better versions of themselves and more resilient than ever before with the tools to face life head on, now that’s work worth doing!”.