Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy

CBT, or Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, is a talking therapy. It has been proved to help treat a wide range of emotional and physical health conditions. CBT looks at how we think about a situation and how this affects the way we act. Similarly our actions can affect how we think and feel.The therapist and client work together in changing the client’s behaviours, or their thinking patterns, or both of these.

CBT is an evidence based therapy, drawing on research evidence to show it can be effective in treating a range of problems and conditions. CBT is recommended by NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) as a treatment in the NHS for many conditions.

CBT can help with the following;

-anxiety

-worry

-depression and low mood

-panic

-phobias

-post traumatic stress disorder

-obsessive compulsive disorder

-sleep problems

-pain

-chronic fatigue

-anger management

CBT is an active therapy and the more work you can do on your own in between sessions, the more succesful the therapy is likely to be.