What is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive behavioural therapy known as CBT is a psychological treatment for depression and anxiety. It teaches you how to use your mind to over-come life’s problems.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy works on the basis that what we feel and how we behave is strongly influenced by our perspective, and the way we think about our selves, others, our world and immediate environment.
CBT is problem and goal orientated; we work collaboratively together to determine problems, to set goals and to monitor progress.
CBT is short term. One of the key benefits of this therapy is that for most problems, treatment doesn’t need to last longer than 12 to 15 sessions and on occasion requires even less face to face time with the therapist.
Although the therapeutic relationship between the therapist and the client is very import, CBT goes further, and at times is directive, educational, providing strategies and techniques to help you fulfil your goals and maintain lasting change.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy fills in the gap between the purely behavioural approach and the psychodynamic non-directive therapies. Unlike other forms of therapy CBT is directly concerned about the connection between thoughts and feelings, which are so apparent in all psychological disorders. Unlike dynamic psychotherapies CBT is at times directive, with treatment methods based in scientific research. Consequently CBT has proven to be the treatment of choice by the most influential clinicians worldwide for depression and anxiety.
To see a case study of a fictional example of an anxiety issue, social phobia or social anxiety with Cogntive Behavioural Therapy i have published here on my blog click here
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