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Moya CBT

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy practice in Loughborough I currently work predominantly in the NHS as a CBT Therapist.

Dr Helen Moya
MOYA CBT
With over 30 years as a Healthcare Professional - Registered Nurse for people with learning disabilities, Chartered Psychologist and Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist - I am also a Doctor of Philosophy and Psychology graduate of Loughborough University. I was a Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of Nottingham, where I trained Nurses and CBT Therapists

. During this time I held an Honorary contract with Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust at Queens Medical Centre, treating people with complex mental health problems. Moya CBT is an opportunity to combine my skills, knowledge and expertise to provide a flexible CBT service to the people of Loughborough. I am passionate and am driven by a strong desire to help people and make a difference.

14/04/2026

Back at work today after my amazing adventure with my son in the States. We built a holiday and road trip around a family wedding in New York. Lots of great experiences and interactions with people and more than a few chaotic moments like missing flights, a couple of scrapes in the RV rental and getting searched at border control. It all added to the experience and it was so lovely to spend one on one time with my son.

I am happy to be back at work to regain my routine and income before any further trips!!

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03/04/2026

It’s day 7 of a very special trip with my lad Rafi. We have a family wedding in New York next week so decided to build a trip around it.
Flew from Manchester to New York last Friday and had Saturday in Brooklyn. Flew to Chicago Sunday and visited a non-profit mental health cafe called Coffee, Hip Hop & Mental Health I’ve been following since lockdown.
Picked up an RV on Monday and started our week long road trip back to New York via Detroit, Toronto, Niagara Falls & Philadelphia. We’re slightly ahead of schedule enjoying a chill time at Niagara Falls today in the sun. We’ve had mad extreme weather but it all adds to the experience!
It’s a great adventure and so good to have this one on one mother and son time! 🩷🩵

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25/03/2026

Had a wonderful day in Liverpool doing a session on working with neurodiversity for the Merseyside BABCP branch. The audience were really attentive and shared their experiences and added some interesting perspectives. I felt very grounded throughout and didn't feel tired at all after a full day training and a 2 and a half hour journey home. This is a testament to the audience and the positive co-regulation between us.

Every time I deliver this session it reinforces my view that it would be more effective if there was a follow up session to give time to put things into operation. The follow up would be a skills session where people could bring some material from their practice and evaluate the formulations I share in the training session - mainly the threat-demand cycle, cycle of emotional distress /avoidance, and the double vicious cycle. I appreciate that organisations struggle with funding for training but I do think this model would allow a more cogent evaluation of training in terms of application in practice.

Thank you to everyone from the Merseyside branch who made this event happen. What a lovely group of people and so nice to meet face to face.

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20/03/2026

As Neurodiversity Celebration week draws to an end here is an image that hopefully requires little explaining?! I am happy to say that I feel able to blow my cover and be more authentically myself much more than I ever have and this is through a combination of practicing self compassion and being part of a community that raises awareness for sensitive souls like myself! 😊

Can anyone relate?

❤️🧡💛💚🩵🩷💜

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18/03/2026

Had a wonderful session this lunchtime talking about emotions for neurodiversity awareness week with staff from Herts Talking Therapy Service. There were 50 in attendance with a high number of neurodivergent staff.

Of course I could have done with extra time but the messages shared were very well received. One of the best responses came from my made up term 'pre-living' which describes the processing phenomenon of imagining something in the future in such detail and playing it over and over again to try and prepare for it, that when it doesn't turn out as expected you get distressed and have to update your own internal version of the event. For example, going on holiday or even having a hair cut. It is not always distressing such as walking along the street and catching sight of a stranger and imagining a whole life story for them, sometimes including yourself in it.

The feedback was really lovely and kind, and it felt so good to amongst people who really understand where you are coming from! 😊

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17/03/2026

Ahead of a lunchtime talk tomorrow for staff and service users at Herts NHS Talking Therapies Service for Neurodiversity Awareness Week, and for the BABCP training event in Merseyside next week - I ask the question "if you call yourself sensitive what does it mean to you?", and then I ask "what do you think it means to others around you?"

A little sneak peek and thought provoker!! As always there are no right or wrong answers, just individual opinions and positions 😊

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14/03/2026

I am just preparing a few new slides to add into one of my CBT and neurodiversity sessions and came up with this. It is a typical cognitive triad that can help to explain rejection sensitivity in terms of a cluster of negative beliefs about showing emotions. It is presented as core beliefs about self being 'sensitive' which increases fear of negative judgment by others, and confusion over what is expected in any given situation which can make interactions and other expected 'social norms' very demanding.

This amps up the threat system making it more likely that we mask our feelings in order to try and fit in and not be judged. This then becomes a rule for living, or several rules along the lines of "if I show my emotions, then I will be rejected", or "if I lose control, then I will be rejected" or more widely "if I don't live up to expectations, then i will be rejected". Clearly these are overlapping and one may resonate more than the others. What I believe it serves to show, however, is that all rules tend to lead to a fear of rejection.

Of course this is simplified but can form the basis of a discussion and guided discovery.

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27/02/2026

I thought I'd share my new metaphor for my lived experience of ADHD. It also explains the threat-demand cycle perfectly. When I am agitated and stress Buckaroo is too. He gets giddy and chaotic in his approach to tasks. Before I know it - POW!! life has become even more chaotic and demanding and the threat system is even more overwhelmed.

I give examples in my training like gathering a hundred things to take upstairs balancing on every part of my body, convinced that this is the most efficient strategy until whoops followed by the “ffs” and the extra demand created by my cart horse method!!

It’s the desire to get everything out the way driven by our impulses. I’ve hoovered up coins rather than bend down and pick them up, and my favourite shared by a client was driving over his kid’s bike when in a hurry to save time!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Buckaroo just sums it up perfectly for me!! And it helps to explain why breaking tasks down helps (reducing demand), and how a constant awareness of our emotional regulation in terms of threat system is essential for smoothing out the inevitable bumps of everyday functioning.

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19/02/2026

I have been hyperfocusing to a ridiculous level recently, but only on one activity - my graphic doodles. I literally spent all day Saturday and part of Sunday on one piece that I kept going over until the pens ran out of ink. I have done pages and pages of them. All sorts of designs big and small and in the meantime everything around me is more chaotic and I am less organised!

I decided to do this piece to slow my brain down!! I am literally only sharing it to mark and end of my colouring today by telling myself it is finished! 😆🤯

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12/02/2026

I have posted recently that I had neglected the promotion of my book the CBT Career Guide. I honestly believe it has a place on the shelves of therapists at all stage of the journey, even if to pat ourselves on the back when we recognise how much it took to get to where we are now.

It is full of testimonies as I favour a narrative approach to writing, and also has an accompanying online resources page with every table printed in large format and in colour, plus summaries of some key points and many of my Moya CBT guides.

It answers a lot of repetitive questions asked on this and other group pages.

The CBT career roadmap is one of the conceptual diagrams used to see the main pathways at a glance.

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09/02/2026

I use this metaphor to explain why it is difficult to approach any tasks when we have a busy head. When the fans are turned up all the thoughts are flying around and it is harder to locate what needs doing now, versus a random thought that distracts you in the moment.

My threat-demand cycle aims to help reduce the threat system by regulating ourselves so that we can approach tasks in a more effective manner (for example, prioritising, getting distracting thoughts out of our head and on paper so they no longer float around, or developing more effective strategies like breaking tasks into chunks or body doubling). Once tasks become more automated the fans slow down so the tasks do not feel as demanding or threatening.

This version is for ADHD but it works for worry based avoidance in generalised anxiety also. Here is a copy of my threat-demand cycle:https://www.moyacbt.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Threat-demand-cycle-handout.pdf

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07/02/2026

This is a summary of my CBT career model which forms the structure of the CBT Career Guide book. The book is written in an accessible style with diagrams, narratives from a range of therapists from all stages of the career journey and comes with an online resources page with over 80 downloadable documents.

The book covers issues impacting every stage and makes a good reference guide throughout your career. Aimed both at individuals and organisations and services responsible for career development of their therapy staff.

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I am offering a free 6 hour CPD recording when you purchase the book on Amazon and leave a review.

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Dr Helen Moya

With over 30 years as a Healthcare Professional - Registered Nurse for people with learning disabilities, Chartered Psychologist and Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist - I am also a Doctor of Philosophy and Psychology graduate of Loughborough University.

I was a Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of Nottingham, where I trained Nurses and CBT Therapists. During this time I held an Honorary contract with Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust at Queens Medical Centre, treating people with complex mental health problems. I currently work predominantly in the NHS as a CBT Therapist.

Moya CBT is an opportunity to combine my skills, knowledge and expertise to provide a flexible CBT service to the people of Loughborough. I am passionate and am driven by a strong desire to help people and make a difference.