Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a talking therapy model that aims to help us manage our problems by changing the way we think and behave.  It's most commonly used to treat anxiety and depression, but it can be useful for a big range of mental and physical health problems as it can help us increase our understanding into the way we think and behave and achieve meaningful change. 

CBT is based on the concept that our thoughts, feelings, physical sensations and actions are interconnected, and that negative thoughts and feelings can trap us in vicious cycles that we tend to repeat in our lives leading us to the same unhelpful or unwanted results.

Via CBT, we can increase our insight into unhelpful thinking patterns, identify vicious cycles of behaviour, and learn to deal with overwhelming problems in a more positive way, step by step.  

Unlike some other talking treatments, CBT deals with mostly current problems in the “here and now”, rather than focusing on issues from the past although an understanding of past experiences and their impact, is always necessary.

CBT can be delivered as a model in itself if the aim is to deal with a symptom or a present difficulty or compliment other models or techniques by providing useful strategies to use as tools to increase understanding into our ways of thinking and behaving and manage specific difficulties. Being an integrative therapist, I often use CBT techniques as part of the treatment. 

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