WHAT IS CBT?
Introduction to CBT
What is CBT?
What is CBT?
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a short term and time limited psychological therapy. It is a structured, interactive and goal-based therapy exploring and identifying how our thoughts, feelings, physiology and behaviours are related and how unhelpful patterns and habits can be formed.
CBT focuses on disrupting problematic patterns through challenging thoughts, and changing behaviours and how our body responds, in order to shift and change how we feel in the here and now. It is all about developing new perspectives.
We will work together to identify and understand these unhelpful ways of thinking to develop and agree your personalised treatment plan and goals for change.
What can CBT help with?
People use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to achieve change in their mental and emotional wellbeing.
It can help with a variety of mental health difficulties such as:
- Anxiety disorders, such as phobias, social anxiety, separation anxiety, health anxiety, generalised anxiety (GAD), agoraphobia and panic disorder
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Depression, self-harm, low self-esteem
CBT can help equip you with strategies to manage your negative thoughts and behaviour to develop new ways of thinking and being. Giving you the building blocks to develop confidence and resilience.
