Information on CBT

The aims of Cognitive behaviour  therapy

The aim of cognitive behavioural psychotherapy is to reduce:  stress, depressive symptoms, panic attacks, worrying thoughts, obsessive thoughts and compulsive rituals, procrastinations, and social isolation.

The aim is also to treat phobias, travel anxiety, trauma including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder adjustment problems, anger, panic attacks, relationship problems, social anxiety and low confidence. Both client and therapist play an active role in therapy, the therapist serves as a teacher and a coach, helping clients to understand their problems.

The therapist also helps the clients to generate possible solutions to their problems. Clients work outside of the sessions to practice the strategies and skills acquired in therapy. Clients also learn how to nurture and strengthen their compassionate mind so that they can learn how to resolve painful feelings evoked form past traumatic and stressful events when they are responding to new  stressful situations.

Cognitive behavioural psychotherapy is usually short-term focused, i.e. six to twelve sessions.