BRADLEY DRAKE

Bradley Drake is registered as a clinical psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. He is a founding member of the Centre for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Cape Town, South Africa. Bradley is now in his eighth year in private practice and consults predominantly with adults and adolescents but also sees children. He is internationally certified as a cognitive behaviour therapist and is an Associate Fellow of the Albert Ellis Institute in New York City.

He has additional specialist training from the Beck Institute in Philadelphia and is a member of the Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (New York). Bradley has been responsible for the creation and delivery of board certified CBT training workshops for professional therapists across South Africa since 2008. In addition to contributing toward a number of recent publications, he is involved in a number of research projects that the Centre for CBT is currently associated with. The launch of the Bimonthly Meeting for the Advancement of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies for professionals in Cape Town represents his most recent initiative within the professional community.



Areas of Special Interest:

• full spectrum of anxiety disorders (panic disorder, PTSD, phobias, OCD, social phobia, GAD)
  
• depression
  
• anger related problems
  
• impulse-control disorders
  
• binge eating disorder/obesity
  
• alcohol and drug related disorders
  
• procrastination
  

Additional Areas of Interest:

• eating disorders (bulimia)
  
• behavioural problems of childhood and adolescence
  
• relationship problems
  
• psychotic disorders
  
• general adjustment difficulties
  

Formal Academic Qualifications:

MSc Clinical Psychology (2003)
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

BSc (Hons) Psychology (2002)
University of South Africa, South Africa

BSc (Med)(Hons) Exercise Science (1999)
University of Cape Town, South Africa

BSc (physiology & psychology) (1998)
University of Cape Town, South Africa

Additional Specialist Training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy:

Supervisory Program in Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Albert Ellis Institute, New York, USA (2009, July)

Associate Fellowship Program in Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Albert Ellis Institute, New York, USA (2008, July)

Cognitive Therapy Workshop, The Beck Institute, Philadelphia, USA (2008, July)

Advanced Practicum in Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Albert Ellis Institute, New York, USA (2007, July)

Primary Practicum in Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Albert Ellis Institute, New York, USA (2006, January)

Professional Memberships

Health Professions Council of South Africa, Clinical Psychologist (2005 - date)

Associate Fellow of the Albert Ellis Institute, New York, (2008 - date)

Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, New York, Current Professional Member, (2008 - date)