CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
A structured therapy approach which offers guidance and practical coping strategies to help you address specific mental health difficulties such as anxiety, anger, or low mood.
What's CBT?
CBT sessions involve putting the 'problem' under the microscope - learning about where it comes from, what keeps it going, and which thinking and behavioural strategies can bring about change. The therapist provides psychological information to contribute to understanding why things are the way they are, and gives you step by step tools and techniques to address the difficulties you are dealing with.
Evidence for CBT
There are a variety of evidence-based CBT interventions and protocols for different mental health difficulties, which are recommended by NICE guidelines. I am trained to deliver high intensity CBT for depression, generalised anxiety, social anxiety, body dysmorphia, phobia, panic, OCD, health anxiety, and PTSD. You do not need a specific diagnosis to benefit from CBT techniques.
In a CBT session, we would look at the relationship between your thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, and behaviours. We might reflect on the themes and patterns in how you tend to respond to your thoughts and feelings, and identify the type of thinking styles or coping strategies that might be keeping you 'stuck'. You can learn new and more helpful ways of coping, and acquire techniques that allow you to engage more fully with life and feel more in control of your emotions.
Sometimes it can be helpful to integrate CBT skills with more explorative therapy (such as art therapy or a psychodynamic approach). This can enable you to get relief for your current difficulties as well as address root causes of what you are going through, so that you are able to stay well and healthy long-term.
I am passionate about providing CBT in a way that is personalised, compassionate, and creative. There is no single solution or approach that works for everyone. I always welcome feedback so that I can adapt the sessions and interventions to your unique situation.
How can CBT help?
CBT aims for you to 'become your own therapist', as you learn skills and strategies to help you tackle difficulties in the future. This could include:
- problem-solving
- how to manage intrusive thoughts
- dealing with cycles of rumination and worry
- motivational skills
- activities to make you feel more confident
- techniques to calm anxiety
- strategies to address negative thoughts
- reframing self-limiting thoughts and beliefs
- steps to overcome fears
- developing more helpful strategies to cope with stress or difficult emotions
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