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Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the relationship between thoughts, feelings and behaviours in order to help us develop more productive ways of living. An example would be in developing ways to deal with anxiety. CBT is known to be effective with a number of affective disorders, such as anxiety, depression and phobias, because it helps us to “step back” from the feelings themselves – in this case anxiety – and understand the thoughts that are driving these feelings.
You may find yourself anxious and when you feel this anxiety, you become even more anxious (this anxiety that drives further anxiety is common). One technique in CBT is to create a “Thought Record”, where you try to make a note of what you were doing and thinking each time you became anxious. By keeping this record for a week and then bringing it to your therapy session, you are able to sit down with your counsellor and see what sort of thoughts and actions bring on, maintain and feed into your anxiety. Knowing the “triggers” for your anxiety then allows you to develop with your therapists new ways of thinking and acting that will take away the fuel from your anxiety.
If you think that this therapeutic approach might help you, feel free to contact us to discuss further.