26/05/2021
So I thought I'd kick things off by explaining what I do. Like you've seen in my bio, I am a CBT Therapist. It is one of a number of evidence based psychotherapies used to treat psychological difficulties. Evidence based pretty much means that there's been a lot of research that shows that this treatment is effective.
Every day, we are interpreting the world around us, and this forms our thoughts, perceptions, beliefs, interpretations of ourselves, others and the world around us. Essentially, how we think. CBT focuses on the idea that our thoughts affect how we feel and what we do.
When we are struggling with our mental health, often our interpretations become skewered, too rigid or inaccurate, so as you can imagine, that will impact your feelings and behaviours. This then sets of a vicious maintenence cycle that can be very difficult to get out of. In CBT we work on helping you change those vicious cycles into helpful ones.
Seems easy enough right? Well CBT is an easy concept, however in my experience, it can be very difficult for a lot of us to recognise these cycles, let alone do something about them. Working with a trained therapist can be extremely helpful to understand and work through these challenges.
CBT is an effective treatment for a number of psychological difficulties (I will go into these at a later date). It is considered the gold standard treatment for anxiety disorders, which are some of the most common mental health difficulties that we experience, alongside depression. So this could be something that you or someone you know may benefit from.
Hope this has been helpful 🙂
