CBT

CBT can help you to change how you think ("Cognitive") and what you do ("Behaviour)". 

Unlike some of the other ‘talking’ therapies, it focuses on the "here and now" issues. 

Instead of focusing on the causes of distress or symptoms, it looks for ways to improve the client’s current state of mind.

Therapy Summary

How does CBT work?

The same situation has led to two very different results, depending on how the person thought about the situation.  How we think has affected how we felt and what we did.  In the example in the left hand column, we've jumped to a conclusion without very much evidence for it - and this matters, because it's led to:

1. a number of uncomfortable feelings

2. an unhelpful behaviour

If you go home feeling depressed, you'll probably brood on what has happened and feel worse.  If you get in touch with the other person, there's a good chance you'll feel better about yourself.  If you don't, you won't have the chance to correct any misunderstandings about what they think of you - and you will probably feel worse.  This is a simplified way of looking at what happens.  The whole sequence, and parts of it, can also feedback like this:

This "vicious circle" can make you feel worse.  It can even create new situations that make you feel worse.  You can start to believe quite unrealistic (and unpleasant) things about yourself.  This happens because, when we are distressed, we are more likely to jump to negative conclusions and to interpret things in extreme and unhelpful ways.

CBT can help to break this vicious circle of altered thinking, feelings and behaviour.  When the parts of the sequence are seen clearly, they can be changed - and so change the way we feel.  CBT aims to get the client to a point where they can "do it themselves", and work out their own ways of tackling their problems.

If you would like to find out more about our CBT, or would like book your Initial Consultation (which is free of charge and without any obligation) please call evive on 0118 973 3094 or click here to email us.

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CBT can help to make sense of overwhelming problems by breaking them down into smaller parts.  This makes it easier to see how they are connected and how they affect the individual. These parts are:

A Situation - a problem, event or difficult situation.

From this can follow:

Thoughts

Emotions

Physical feelings

Actions

Each of these areas can affect the others.  How an individual thinks about a problem can affect how they feel physically and emotionally.  It can also alter what they do about it.  There are helpful and unhelpful ways of reacting to most situations, depending on how the person thinks about them.

For example: