CBT has been found to be effective in hundreds of clinical trials for many different disorders.

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It is a collaborative therapy so you work with your therapist to develop new understandings of your experiences and then develop new more helpful ways to move forward, this is often achieved through experiments and testing things out in-between sessions until you reach your therapy goals.

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It’s time-limited between 6 and 20 sessions depending on what you feel is right for you, it’s a problem-solving approach and you will learn specific skills that you can use for the rest of your life. Each session is about 45 minutes and provided either weekly or fortnightly. Sometimes there are things to do between sessions to enhance the quality and effectiveness of therapy.

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 Benefits of CBT Therapy

 

Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to treat a wide range of issues. It's often the preferred type of psychotherapy because it can quickly help you identify and cope with specific challenges. It generally requires fewer sessions than other types of therapy and is done in a structured way.

CBT is a useful tool to address emotional challenges. For example, it may help you:

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• Manage symptoms of mental illness

• Prevent a relapse of mental illness symptoms

• Treat a mental illness when medications aren't a good option

• Learn techniques for coping with stressful life situations

• Identify ways to manage emotions

• Resolve relationship conflicts and learn better ways to communicate

• Cope with grief or loss

• Overcome emotional trauma related to abuse or violence

• Cope with a medical illness

• Manage chronic physical symptoms

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  Mental health disorders that may improve with CBT includes

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• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• Self confidence/ Low self-esteem

• Social Anxiety  

• Bereavement

• Trauma   

• Insomnia

• Perfectionism

• Anger

• Additions

• Stress               

• Panic Attacks

• Anxiety

• Phobias

• Excessive Worry

• Compulsions

• Eating disorders

• Chronic Pain

• Life transitions

• Depression

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