Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

• CBT is a relatively short-term, highly structured form of talking psychotherapy.

• It helps you recognise and troubleshoot the link between the way you think and interpret life’s events and the way you end up acting.

• It focuses on providing you with tools to solve your current problems, although a look at the past is often relevant.

• It aims to change your moods by identifying and then modifying negative automatic thoughts and core beliefs, regulating routine and minimising avoidance

• CBT is now widely used by the NHS, sometimes as an alternative to, and often in combination with, medication for a variety of mental health disorders

• CBT has been extensively investigated in rigorous clinical trials around the world.

• You can learn to change your perceptions and how you see things in your life. This could well have a more positive effect on behaviour and mood.