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:
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anger problems
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anxiety and panic attacks
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bipolar disorder
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depression
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drug or alcohol problems
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eating problems
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hoarding
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obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
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perinatal mental health problems
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phobias
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post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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psychosis
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schizoaffective disorder
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schizophrenia
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self-harm
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sleep problems
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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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