What you think affects how you feel
What is CBT?
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a practical and effective form of therapy that helps you understand the relationship between your thoughts, emotions and behaviours.
By identifying patterns that may no longer be serving you well, CBT can help you to develop healthier ways of thinking and responding to life’s challenges.
The underlying principle of CBT is that the way we interpret situations influences how we feel and how we behave. Sometimes we can become stuck in patterns of thinking that contribute to anxiety, low mood, stress or a lack of confidence. CBT helps bring these patterns into awareness so they can be challenged and changed.
CBT is often described as a solution-focused approach because it focuses on the issues you are experiencing in the present and the practical steps you can take to move forward. However, I believe it is also important to understand the experiences, beliefs and learning from the past that may have shaped the way you think and respond today. By combining insight with practical strategies, therapy can create meaningful and lasting change.
One of the strengths of CBT is that it helps break down complex or overwhelming problems into smaller, more manageable parts. This can make it easier to understand how your thoughts, feelings, physical responses and behaviours are connected, allowing you to identify where positive changes can be made.
CBT sessions
CBT is a collaborative and practical form of therapy that involves working together to understand how your thoughts, emotions and physical responses and behaviours interact with one another.
By exploring these patterns, we can begin to identify the factors that may be maintaining the difficulties you are experiencing and develop more helpful ways of responding.
Sessions are focused on helping you gain greater awareness of unhelpful thought patterns, beliefs and behaviours, whilst developing practical tools and strategies that can support positive change. The aim is not simply to talk about problems, but to help you understand them and take active steps towards overcoming them.
Because CBT is an active therapy, there may be opportunities to continue the work between sessions. Depending on your individual goals, this may include completing exercises, keeping a journal, practising new techniques or testing out different ways of thinking and responding in every day situations. These activities are designed to reinforce what we discuss during sessions and help build confidence in applying new skills.
As therapy progresses, the focus shifts towards helping you develop the knowledge, understanding and practical strategies needed to manage challenges independently. One of the key aims of CBT is to help you become your own therapist, giving you skills that you can continue to use long after therapy has ended.
"During the course of my sessions, she helped me to feel better about myself and to understand that I do have a choice."
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