Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

 What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (also known as CBT)?


Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a type of “talking therapy.” It is a common treatment for a range of mental health problems.

CBT teaches you coping skills for dealing with different problems. It focuses on how your thoughts, beliefs and attitudes affect your feelings and actions.


"CBT is very, very good for helping me not listen to my self-critical voice, which is so damaging."


What is the theory behind CBT?


CBT is based on the idea that how we think about situations can affect the way we feel and behave. For example, if you interpret a situation negatively, you might experience negative emotions. And those bad feelings might lead you to behave in a certain way.


CBT combines two types of therapy to help you deal with these thoughts and behaviours:


cognitive therapy, examining the things you think

behaviour therapy, examining the things you do.

"It got me through a really tough time, from being suicidal and off work on long-term sick leave, to fully functioning again and now in a successful career. It pulled me back from a very dark place and reintroduced structure to my life when I'd given up."


What does CBT treat?


CBT is a common treatment for many mental health problems and experiences, including:


  1. ·       anger problems
  2. ·       anxiety and panic attacks
  3. ·       bipolar disorder
  4. ·       depression
  5. ·       drug or alcohol problems
  6. ·       eating problems
  7. ·       hoarding
  8. ·       obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
  9. ·       perinatal mental health problems
  10. ·       phobias
  11. ·       post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  12. ·       psychosis
  13. ·       schizoaffective disorder
  14. ·       schizophrenia
  15. ·       self-harm
  16. ·       sleep problems
  17. ·       stress


Sometimes you might be offered an adaptation of CBT to treat a mental health problem. Some adaptations of CBT for specific problems might have a slightly different name.


For example, you may be offered trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT) to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).


You may also be offered CBT for physical health problems. This includes if you experience a mental health problem alongside a physical health problem.


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