CTB Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Hello, folks tonight I wanted to write this post following on from my recent youtube video on the Mental Health Tag.

link to my channel is https://www.youtube.com/c/JulieBarbour

CBT Therapy/ Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a talking therapy to help manage problems by changing the way you think and the thought processes/ways you behave.

This therapy is most commonly used to treat anxiety/depression, this therapy is also used thought for other mental/ physical problems.

Cognitive therapy is a short-term goal psychotherapy treatment that is hands-on, practical approach to problem-solving. 

The end goal and result is to change patterns of thinking or behavior that are behind people's difficulties and so change the way they feel. 

The sessions normally last between 30-60 minutes. 

You will have a quick chat and introduce yourself and your situation with your therapist so that your therapist can get an idea of what is going on and is causing your current situation.

You with do worksheets and answer questions that will give a clearer picture of what is making your thoughts the way they are.

Once you start recognizing the overwhelming thoughts that you have and breaking them down into smaller parts you can then work on improving the negative patterns that you tend to feel.

CBT Therapy concentrates on the here and now issues your having and not in the past and looks for practical ways to improve your state of mind on a daily basis.

Not only does it help anxiety and depression their more disorders that you can have CTB Therapy for.

• OCD- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• PTSD- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Phobias
• Eating Disorders
• Sleep Problems (insomnia)

You would normally see your therapist once a week or once every two weeks.

In these sessions, you will work on breaking down your problems and separating them into parts.

• Thoughts
• Physical Feelings
• Actions.

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The therapist will analyze these areas and be able to work out if these are unhelpful/unrealistic and determine the effect they have on each other and on you. 

With doing this your therapist will be able to work out and find ways to help you to cope and deal with changing unhelpful thoughts and behavior.

After discussing these ways that you can work on changing the thought processes you are using your therapist will either ask you to try putting them into practice in your daily life/ worksheets.

In your next session, you will discuss how you got on and look through the worksheets that were given to you. 

The aim of CTB Therapy is to teach you to apply the skills you've learned during treatment to your daily life.

ADVANTAGES:

• it may be helpful in cases where medication alone hasn't worked.
• it can be completed in a relatively short period of time.
• the highly structured nature of CTB means it can be provided in different formats, i.e groups, self-help books, computer programs.
• it teaches you useful and practical strategies that can be used in everyday life even after the treatnment has finished.

DISADVANTAGES:

• you need to commit yourself to the process to get the most out of it.
• attending regular CBT sessions and carrying out any extra work between sessions can take up a lot of your time.
• it might not be suitable for people with more complex mental health needs/learning difficulties.
• it involves confronting your emotions/anxieties, you may experience initial periods where your anxious or emotionally uncomfortable.

So if you are feeling like this is something that you are needing to help you out with negative thoughts and they are consuming you and taking over your life I would highly consider seeking help.

I had CBT Therapy for a few years to help with my anxiety disorder and I did this for over six weeks, with loads of discussing my problems, I was given worksheets and booklets to read over and think about which at the time is far from what you want to be doing, but I pushed myself and I did them and I still have them to this day and I am glad that they helped me out.

It's good to have a reference point to look at and also to see that what is going on in your head/mind/body is not always the truth and you don't have to be afraid of these thoughts.

Putting them into perspective and working out why you feel a certain way is better when you have been taken through the process with the help of a therapist that know how to help you, so don't feel ashamed go and seek the help x

I will leave some links to pages you can check out.

https://www.mind.org.uk

https://www.getselfhelp.co.uk

https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk

also some anxiety sites.

https://www.betterhelp.com

https://www.moodjuice.scot.nhs.uk

https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk

https://www.nopanic.org.uk

Some depression sites.

https://www.health.com

https://www.depresssionuk.org

I hope you find this post helpful and if you have any questions then please to leave them in the comments section.

Have a great evening folks xx