Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Active solution-focused therapy that can help you manage your problems by the way you think and behave
What is CBT?
Cognitive behavioural therapy or CBT, is an active solution-focused form of talking therapy that can help you manage your problems by the way you think and behave. The concept of CBT is that your thoughts, feelings, physical sensations and actions are interconnected and negative thoughts and feelings can trap you in a vicious cycle, which can make you feel lost and confused.
Cognitive behavioural therapy acknowledges that some behaviour cannot be controlled through rational thoughts, but tends to emerge based on prior conditioning from other external or internal stimuli.
CBT is “problem focused” and “action oriented”: it addresses specific problems and the counsellor will endeavour to assist the client in selecting specific strategies to help address those problems
CBT cannot remove your problems but can help you deal with them in a more positive way, rather than focusing on issues from your past, it assists you in looking for practical ways to improve your thinking on a daily basis.
CBT can support the following conditions
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Stress
- OCD
- PTSD
- Panic attacks
- Phobias
- Insomnia
- Eating disorders
- Substance abuse
How can CBT Counselling help?
Your counsellor will help you challenge the cycle of behaviour by breaking down the overwhelming problems into smaller pieces and introducing techniques which you can practice in between sessions. This may gradually show you how to change negative patterns to improve the way you feel, enabling you to move towards a more optimistic future.