Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an extremely effective psychological approach that explores the relationship between our thoughts, our feelings and our behaviours. Unlike many other counselling approaches, CBT is ‘evidence-based’. This means that all cognitive and behavioural treatments used have already been researched and evaluated and have been proven to work.
This is quite a structured form of therapy and tends to focus mostly on our present day lives.
Once the client’s concerns have been established, both therapist and client decide together what specific goals to work towards and agree on the number and frequency of appointments.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy tends to be more short term than some other therapies. Clients will ideally begin with once-weekly sessions until key skills are acquired and then appointments are phased out gradually depending on the level of support needed.
Another important feature of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is that clients will be asked to work on agreed tasks in the time between their appointments – this will make the process more successful and will reduce the number of sessions required.
The aim of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is to give people, not just a better understanding of their difficulties, but the skills to better manage these difficulties and thereby maintain their Well-Being and Happiness.
CBT teaches you to become your own therapist.
As a psychological treatment for mild/moderate Depression, CBT has been found to be just as effective as anti-depressant medications in the short-term, and more effective in the long-term (after 12 months).
This is quite a structured form of therapy and tends to focus mostly on our present day lives.
Once the client’s concerns have been established, both therapist and client decide together what specific goals to work towards and agree on the number and frequency of appointments.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy tends to be more short term than some other therapies. Clients will ideally begin with once-weekly sessions until key skills are acquired and then appointments are phased out gradually depending on the level of support needed.
Another important feature of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is that clients will be asked to work on agreed tasks in the time between their appointments – this will make the process more successful and will reduce the number of sessions required.
The aim of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is to give people, not just a better understanding of their difficulties, but the skills to better manage these difficulties and thereby maintain their Well-Being and Happiness.
CBT teaches you to become your own therapist.
As a psychological treatment for mild/moderate Depression, CBT has been found to be just as effective as anti-depressant medications in the short-term, and more effective in the long-term (after 12 months).
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CBT has been shown to be an Effective Psychological Treatment for the following common Anxiety Conditions;
• generalised anxiety disorder • panic disorder and agoraphobia • health anxiety • social anxiety • specific phobias • post traumatic stress disorder • obsessive compulsive disorder • body dysmorphic disorder, trichotillomania) as well as • Anger, Depression, Eating Disorders, Sexual and Relationship Problems, Self-Esteem, Stress and many others. |