The Conscious Mind Empowerment Method
How Therapy Works
Therapy is a structured, collaborative process that provides space to reflect on your experiences, better understand the difficulties you’re facing and consider how you would like things to change.
Our work combines thoughtful conversation with practical skills and strategies, helping you continue to apply what you learn long after our sessions have ended.
The Conscious Mind Empowerment Method
Therapy is delivered through the Conscious Mind Empowerment Method (CMEM), an evidence-informed approach to psychological and behavioural change.
At the heart of CMEM is the Two-Minds Framework, a conceptual model for understanding the different influences that affect how you think, feel and respond.
The Rooted Mind is learned, instinctive and protective. Shaped by upbringing, genetics, culture, evolution and trauma, it can generate unwanted thoughts, difficult emotions and powerful urges.
The Conscious Mind is home to your wisdom, kindness, values, logic and courage.
Understanding these different influences is an important part of change, but knowledge is only half the story. CMEM also provides practical skills for applying that understanding in everyday life.
The aim is not to wait until difficult thoughts or emotions disappear before you act. Over time, you learn to recognise these experiences without allowing them to determine your behaviour, so the Conscious Mind can increasingly guide how you live.
The Structure of Our Work
The Conscious Mind Empowerment Method is applied through three connected stages, providing a clear structure for our therapeutic work while allowing us to respond to your individual needs.
1. Set CLEAR Goals
We begin by identifying what matters most to you and the direction you want your life to take.
In CMEM, goals are developed using the CLEAR framework:
C — Conscious Mind-Led
Goals chosen intentionally, rather than driven by the immediate demands of the Rooted Mind.
L — Linked to Values
Goals connected to what genuinely matters to you and the person you want to be.
E — Expressed in Positive Action
Goals focused on what you want to do, rather than what you want to stop thinking, feeling or experiencing.
A — Actionable in Spite of Emotion
Goals you can move towards even when difficult thoughts, feelings or urges are present.
R — Realistic
Goals that are achievable.
CLEAR Goals provide direction and a practical reference point for the work ahead, helping you stay connected to what matters most when challenges arise.
2. Unpack & Understand Internal Barriers
We explore the emotional, thinking and behavioural patterns that may get in the way of your CLEAR Goals.
These may include anxiety, self-criticism, avoidance, overthinking or long-standing behavioural habits. Rather than judging these patterns, we work to understand when they arise, how they influence your behaviour and how they may interfere with the changes you want to make.
Greater awareness creates more opportunity to choose how you want to respond.
3. Apply the 4-Step Change Process
The Conscious Mind Empowerment Method helps turn understanding into action through a structured 4-Step Change Process:
Focus Reset – Grounding yourself in the present moment and reconnecting with your Conscious Mind.
Self-Compassion – Responding to difficult thoughts, feelings or urges with kindness and understanding rather than fighting them.
Reframing – Developing more rational, realistic, healthy and helpful perspectives on situations and experiences.
Mindful Valued Living – Choosing actions that reflect your values, CLEAR Goals and the person you want to be.
What to Expect in Sessions
Sessions are collaborative, reflective and practical.
You can expect:
• A structured yet flexible approach
• Practical skills to practise between sessions
• A safe, respectful and non-judgmental space
The therapeutic relationship itself is central to the work. A strong therapeutic alliance provides the trust and stability needed to explore difficult experiences and support meaningful, sustainable change.
How Long Does Therapy Last?
The length of therapy depends on your goals, circumstances and the nature of the difficulties you are experiencing.
Some clients find that a small number of sessions is enough to make meaningful progress, while others benefit from a longer period of support when working through more complex or longstanding difficulties.
Therapy is available as individual sessions or as structured 6 and 12 session programmes based on the Conscious Mind Empowerment Method (CMEM). We review your progress regularly and adapt the work to ensure it continues to meet your needs.
Therapy Fees
Individual Session
€75 / £75 (60 minutes)
Ideal if you would like the flexibility of booking sessions individually or prefer to begin with a single appointment.
6-Session Programme
€435 / £435 (60-minute sessions)
A structured programme designed to help you clarify your goals, understand the internal barriers that may be getting in the way and learn to apply the 4-Step Change Process in everyday life.
12-Session Programme
€840 / £840 (60-minute sessions)
Designed for clients working through more longstanding or complex difficulties, or for those who would benefit from additional time to practise, strengthen and sustain meaningful behavioural change.
Couples Therapy
€80 / £80 (60 minutes)
A small additional fee applies to card payments.