CBT - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a type of therapy that aims to help you manage your problems by changing how you think and act. In this type of therapy, you are encouraged to talk about how you think about yourself, the world and other people, and how what you do affects your thoughts and feelings.
By talking about these things, CBT can help you to change how you think (‘cognitive’) and what you do (‘behaviour’), which can help you feel better about life.
Who can use it
CBT is particularly helpful in tacking problems such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders and drug misuse.
Unlike other talking treatments, such as psychotherapy, CBT focuses on the problems and difficulties you have now, rather than issues from your past. It looks for practical ways you can improve your state of mind on a daily basis.
CBT usually involves weekly or fortnightly sessions with a therapist. The number of sessions required varies greatly depending on your problems and objectives, with treatment usually lasting from six weeks to six months.
How it works
CBT can help you see how your thoughts and behaviour relate to the way you feel, and how this might contribute to problems in your life. The therapist’s job is to help you find ways to change your thought patterns and behaviour so you can cope with your problems and anxieties better. CBT cannot remove your problems, but can help you to manage them in a more positive way.
Services
Our approach to therapy
- Overview
- Supervision
- Systemic Psychotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Co-mediation
- SFBT (Solution Focussed Brief Therapy)
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Case Examples
- Non Violence Resistance
Testimonials
Following a car accident, I suffered terribly with a fight or flight response when driving. I did not know what this anxiety was and tried for months to recover on my own. After a particularly severe anxiety attack, I realised that I needed to get help. EMDR therapy was incredibly effective. My anxiety was linked specifically to the accident and in one session the anxiety was dispersed. I literally walked out of Swift Counselling, got in my car and drove with no anxiety from that moment on. I am thrilled with the results, thank you.
