Through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) you can explore how the power of your mind impacts the way you think, react and behave. Your cognitive patterns can either create obstacles to your wellbeing or help you to thrive. We are all works in progress and often have some thought patterns that create difficulties. Through CBT you can retrain your brain, develop new coping strategies and become more resilient in the face of stress.
CBT is effective for a range of problems including:
- anxiety disorders
- body image issues
- eating disorders
- depression
- relationship issues
- insomnia
- trauma
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
The way that we see a situation is directly connected to how we feel and respond. When we think, and see our situations in a more realistic and flexible way we often feel more balanced and well. Numerous studies suggest that CBT leads to significant improvements in functioning and quality of life.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy uses various approaches to explore and adapt troublesome thinking patterns. These strategies tend to include:
- learning to recognize your unhelpful thinking patterns and how they are impacting you
- gaining better understanding of the behaviors and motivations of other people
- exploring coping and problem solving skills to deal with stress
- developing greater confidence in yourself, your capabilities and capacity for change
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy also addresses behavioral patterns. Together with a CBT therapist you can solve problems and create positive behavioral changes.
Some of these might include:
- working towards facing fears
- experimenting with new behaviors
- learning ways of calming the body and mind
- exploring which behaviors or patterns dysregulated your nervous system
- using role-playing strategies to explore problematic relationships
If you are interested in exploring how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can make a change for you, get in touch and book a free consultation.
