What is CBT?

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a combination of two models of clinically proven therapy:

1. Cognitive Therapy - this helps change your thinking processes such as unwanted thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs (cognitive processes)
2. Behavioural Therapy - this focuses on unwanted behaviour in response to those thoughts

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies are psychological approaches which are based on scientific principles and which research has shown to be effective for a wide range of problems. CBT is the UK NHS National Institute for Clinical Excellence recomended "Best Practice" for a range of common problems including: Anxieties, Phobias, Obsessional Compulsive Disorder, Mild to Moderate depression.

The client and therapist work together to identify and understand problems in terms of the relationship between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. 

The approach usually focuses on difficulties in the here and now, and relies on the therapist and client developing a shared view of the individual's problems. This then leads to the identification of personalised, SMART  therapy goals and strategies which are continually monitored and evaluated. It is carrying out these agreed strategies that resolves the clients problems not talking to the therapist.