Help with mental health

DR SAMANTHA TORRES has worked in the field of mental health for over 30 years: in the UK, Singapore, and now in Spain. With family roots in Spain she and her husband were driv ‐en a little by Brexit to make the move from the UK to Spain.

With a PhD in Mental Health she specialised in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and as well as running work ‐shops she also works in private practice both online and in person.

Sam explains that CBT is a combination of two therapies which ad ‐dresses both how our thinking affects us and how our behaviours are so often determined by the way we think.

It is an action based therapy which seeks to help clients tackle a wide range of what may seem to be routine ex ‐ periences such as anxi ‐ety, depression, grief, self esteem, and stress.

The real problem aris ‐es when these experi ‐ences negatively impact on our day to day func ‐tioning. Sam says that al‐though society has changed and many peo ‐ple no longer live in close family settings, it also has to be acknowledged that families can equally be a source of stress as well as a potential source of support.

Sam does a lot of work online, a develop ‐ment which was partly driven by the pandemic restrictions, but also us‐es space at the EVO Pi ‐lates studio in La Cala for face to face work. Sam’s PhD thesis was on the impacts on close family and partners of suicide.

A very heavy topic but one which affects too many people these days.

Samantha can be con‐tacted via her website ( https://www.drsaman thatorres.com /), by email or by phone. mail@drsamanthator res.com ES: +34 639 723 886 UK: +44 7902 970335.