We are a team of Clinical Psychologists offering private assessment and therapy for mental health difficulties to adults, young people and children.
Psychological Therapy Scotland (PTS) offers individual therapy appointments face to face in Stirling and Perth as well as offering online appointments via Zoom/videoconference. You can find out more about what a Clinical Psychologist is and how we differ to other therapists
We Can Help With the Following:
- Anxiety, Stress, Panic, Social Anxiety, Health Anxiety, Worry
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Behavioural Difficulties
- School Refusal
- Bullying
- Exam/ School/ Work Stress
- Trauma, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Sexual Abuse and other forms of Abuse
- Depression, Low Self-Esteem, Bereavement
- Relationship Issues
- Dental Phobia and other Phobias (e.g. dogs, spiders etc)
- Eating Disorders
- Poor Body Image
- Weight Management
- Bipolar Disorder
- Personality Disorders
- Difficulties associated with Chronic Illness and Pain
- Overwhelming emotions such as Anger, Guilt or Shame
- Sex Addiction
Therapies Offered:
Starting treatment and attending for the first time can be daunting. Please read our guide ‘What does therapy involve?’ which explains what to expect at your first session, what we do and hopefully will answer any queries you might have. You can find out more about the problems we can help children and young people with here.
You can find out more about the therapies we offer below by clicking on the name of each therapy below. We also provide several other therapies for which information pages have not yet been created.
Choosing which therapy is most appropriate for you and most likley to be effective can be difficult, especially if you aren’t sure what is available ro what these therapies are. Sometimes our clients have a good idea what therapy they would like before we meet them but often people just know they want ‘help’. Choosing a therapy should be a joint-decision with your therapist. Your therapist can use their professional experience and training along with UK best practice guidlines to create a treatment plan with you. Sometimes this might involve working with just one type of therapy but it can also involve working with several therapies or aspects of different therapies in an ‘integrative’ way as your treatment should be individually tailored to you as a unique person so that it is most likley to be effective.
We provide a number of different therapies; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Schema Focused Therapy and EMDR.
We can provide treatments for complex difficulties, people who are experiencing multiple difficulties at once or those whose who difficulties have been unresponsive to previous therapies.
Our Stirling clinic is staffed by a number of clinicians currently providing sessions for adults and children and we currently have one psychologist covering our Perth clinic.
PTS can also provide clinical supervision services for other psychological therapists.
Crisis Support:
If you feel that you need immediate, urgent support please contact your GP or visit your nearest A and E department. You may also find it helpful to contact one of the organisations listed below. Unfortunately PTS cannot offer crisis support.
Breathing Space – 0800 83 85 87 https://breathingspace.scot
Samaritans – 116 123 https://www.samaritans.org/
NHS 24 – 111 https://www.nhs24.com/
We are unable to offer an emergency service, therefore if you pose a high risk to yourself (though self-harm or suicidal behaviour) it is likley we will be unable to take your case on; please contact us to discuss this if you are unsure.
