Meet Jeanette Callaghan: CBT Therapist
Jeanette is an experienced CBT therapist with over 30 years of experience in mental health care, with a professional background in social work. She brings a depth of knowledge and understanding to her work, supporting adults across a wide range of challenges. While she specialises in CBT therapy, Jeanette draws on a range of therapeutic modalities depending on the client.
Jeanette specialises in personalised, client-led therapy, working collaboratively with each individual to find an approach that feels right for them. She supports people experiencing stress, OCD, health anxiety, depression, trauma and challenges linked to menopause, using CBT to help make sense of thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and to develop practical strategies for change.
Outside of the therapy room, she enjoys spending time with family, music, campervan holidays, and walking.
Alongside her work at The Harton Practice, Jeanette also practices from a base in Durham city centre.
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CBT can help you understand the patterns of thinking and behaviour that contribute to ongoing stress. By identifying unhelpful cycles, we can work together to develop more balanced thinking and practical coping strategies, helping you feel more in control and confident to manage daily pressures.
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CBT can be helpful in managing some challenges that come along with menopause, such as low mood, irritability, disrupted sleep and hot flushes. CBT is an effective non-hormonal treatment option for these symptoms. We can work collaboratively to develop practical coping mechanisms and strategies that can help improve your wellbeing during this stage of life.
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CBT helps you recognise how health anxiety patterns develop, including worry cycles, reassurance-seeking and body monitoring. Together, we can work collaboratively to break these habits and develop more helpful ways of responding to health-related concerns, and physical sensations, reducing anxiety over time.
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CBT can support people affected by trauma by helping you make sense of how past experiences may still be influencing your current thoughts, emotions and behaviours.
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Through identifying negative thinking patterns and behaviours that lead to depression, CBT can help develop more balanced and positive thinking. We can work together to suggest helpful activities and introduce new patterns to help improve your mood and wellbeing over time.