Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
The sessions soon ran their course and my benign cuddle from the NHS had to give way to something more constructive. I was offered a programme on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), which seemed to be where the counsellor was heading from early on. As the name suggests, CBT is a behavioural methodology for linking our thoughts, our feelings and our actions to try and generate more positive outcomes. For people with anxiety, depression, panic, phobias, stress and PTSD many NHS Trusts have become keen on prescribing some form of CBT.
CBT works through breaking down problems into thoughts, emotions, physical feelings and actions, and by trying to turn unhelpful perceptions of each into more helpful ones. The literature ...
Get What's Stopping You?: Why Smart People Don't Always Reach Their Potential, and How You Can now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
