Tag: CBT
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Potential Pitfalls Of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (And How To Fix Them)
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is often thought of as the gold treatment standard for mental health issues. This is because CBT is evidence-based, meaning that research has consistently supported the benefits of treatment. Moreover, most hospital-settings prefer CBT as the primary psychological treatment because it is short-term (to reduce wait times to receive services) and…
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5 Common Therapy Goals For Anxiety And How To Work On Them
Anxiety is a common problem that people come into therapy to treat. However, what exactly are folks hoping to change by coming into treatment? This post discusses five goals for anxiety commonly discussed in therapy. The first four relate to overarching goals that most folks with anxiety problems could probably benefit from improving. The final…
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Different CBT Strategies for Treating Obsessions in OCD
Introduction Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of mental health disorder where a person experiences intrusive thoughts, urges, or images. For example: These obsessive thoughts tend to increase anxiety, which then leads to compulsions that are meant to reduce distress – at least in the short-term. Some common compulsions include: The reason why obsessions lead…
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7 Benefits Of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive behavioural therapy is a common type of psychological treatment that is useful in treating a number of different psychological problems. CBT works by changing behaviours and thoughts that maintain a person’s difficulties. For example, tackling negative thoughts in depression or creating exposures for anxiety disorders. This article discusses seven unique benefits of choosing CBT…
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How To Conduct Behavioural Experiments In Therapy: For Clinicians
Behavioural experiments in CBT Behavioural experiments are powerful drivers of change. They are a CBT strategy that we can use to formally test negative thoughts and predictions that patients hold that maintain their anxiety, depression, among other psychological problems. For example, a person with social anxiety might have the thoughts that “I shouldn’t talk to…
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Behavioural Experiments for Anxious Beliefs
When anxious predictions run amok! Anxiety is no stranger to anyone. And having anxious thoughts is a natural response to anxious situations. Sometimes, the anxiety helps us to avoid danger and other times we can push through our anxiety to do something even if we are nervous. However, the problem is when our anxious thoughts…
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