CBT

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

What is CBT?

CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) is a structured form of talk therapy. It involves working with a therapist to help you become aware of inaccurate or negative thinking so you can view challenging situations more clearly and respond to them in a more effective way.

What is the approach?

In CBT, clients learn to identify, question and change the thoughts, attitudes and beliefs related to the emotional and behavioural reactions that cause them difficulty.

By monitoring and recording thoughts during upsetting situations, people learn that how they think can contribute to emotional problems such as depression and anxiety. CBT helps to reduce these emotional problems by teaching clients to:

  • identify distortions in their thinking

  • see thoughts as ideas about what is going on, rather than as facts

  • stand back from their thinking to consider situations from different viewpoints.

(excerpted from camh.com)

What can CBT be used to treat?

  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder

  • OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

  • Bipolar Disorder

  • Eating Disorders

  • Phobias

  • Panic Disorder

  • PTSD

  • Schizophrenia and psychosis

  • Substance Use Disorders

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