Psychological Therapy - CBT
Dr Hammond runs a therapy clinic delivering adapted evidence based therapies for mental health difficulties associated with Autism. Dr Hammond has vast experience of working with adults with neurodevelopmental difficulties. He works using National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines adapted interventions which he has been developing at the Maudsley Hospital for the last 10 years. Dr Hammond is internationally known for these interventions and is regularly invited to teach and train others.
Using an integrative approach, Dr Hammond collaborates with clients to produce a coherent, joint understanding of a person’s difficulties that takes into account the following factors:
Presenting difficulty description, – creating a clear, agreed-upon outline of the problem:
Predisposing factors that contributed to the problem (e.g. a genetic predisposition such as autism)
Precipitating factors in terms of events that are close in time to the development of the problem (e.g. childhood development navigating the social world)
Perpetuating factors are those aspects of a problem that help to maintain it (e.g. allowing others to help in a way that disables, rather than enables the person with the problem)
Protective factors refers to positive attributes of the person that can be utilised to help with their difficulties (e.g. a sense of humour, abilities and skills).
This collaboratively developed understanding, in turn, informs the subsequent therapeutic work that takes place. Therapy can be focussed, time-limited with identified appropriate goals. Or it can be more explorative, open-ended and less goal-focussed.
Dr Hammond is able to work with people experiencing a wide range of difficulties including the following:
Neurodevelopmental Conditions:
Autism
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Anxiety Disorders:
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Agoraphobia
Simple Phobias
Depressive Disorders:
Major Depressive Disorder
Persistent Depressive Disorder
Bi-Polar Disorder
Atypical Depression