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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an empowering self help approach. It’s a way of talking about how you think about yourself, the world and other people around you. It highlights the relationship between thoughts, feelings and how you behave.
The essence of CBT is that it’s not necessarily events themselves that upset us, but the meaning and interpretation we give them. By becoming aware of your thinking patterns, changing how you think and what you do, and breaking cycles of thinking, feelings and behaviour you can learn how to make positive changes to your situation. While CBT acknowledges that past events can impact upon how you feel and think, it tends to focus on the here and now.
CBT can also help you evaluate your thought patterns and find out whether they are realistic or unhelpful. It can also help you to gradually approach things you might usually avoid.
CBT will introduce you to a set of principles that you can apply to your life when you need to, and will stand you in good stead throughout life.
CBT uses a collaborative relationship whereby the therapist and client are equal partners working together on the issues, while simultaneously encouraging independence on the part of the client. The approach typically lasts between 6 – 16 sessions dependent upon circumstances.
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom”
Victor E. Frankl