Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a family of talking therapies that are based on the idea that our thoughts, feelings, behaviours and physical sensations are all connected. Therefore, if you change one it will alter the others.
From this, we can see how mental health difficulties develop and maintain through these mechanisms. In treatment, we look to change these patterns and replace them with more healthy patterns in order to feel better.
CBT is a collaborative and active therapy whereby the therapist and client works together to achieve mutually agreed upon goals. CBT sessions often start with setting an agenda together to agree what the session will focus on- a CBT therapist will never tell a client what to do. CBT often involves making changes and practicing techniques in the sessions as well as outside of sessions in your real life to ensure changes are most effective. Nearer the end of treatment the therapist and client will think about what will be helpful to continue practising in the future after treatment has ended.
There are a variety of different models of therapy which lie under the umbrella of CBT and our therapists are specialists within the following:
- Narrative Exposure Therapy
- Cognitive Processing Therapy
- Enhanced Skills Training for Affective and Interpersonal Regulation
- Dialectal Behavioural Therapy
- Trama Focused CBT
The Safe Haven Practice- CBT and EMDR Therapy in Odiham, Hampshire 