CBT – Cognitive behavioral therapy
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What is CBT?
CBT stands for cognitive behavioral therapy and is a well-established, evidence-based form of therapy that helps you understand and change the thoughts, feelings and behaviors that create problems in everyday life. In CBT, we assume that your reactions are shaped both by past experiences and by how you interpret what is happening here and now.
This may involve identifying self-critical thoughts, avoidance, patterns in relationships or different habits that provide short-term relief but create long-term suffering. CBT is an active and structured form of therapy, and you will often try different exercises between sessions.
CBT is used for a range of problems, such as anxiety, depression, stress, phobias, sleep problems and relationship difficulties.
What is it like to work with CBT?
Attending CBT means that you are involved in the therapy. Together with your therapist, you set goals and work step by step to achieve them. In therapy, you talk not only about how you feel – but also about what you can do to change the things that create problems.
You may be given homework or concrete strategies to try in your daily life. For example, challenging fears, practicing boundaries, changing behavioral patterns, or paying attention to automatic thoughts.
CBT is often suitable for those who want an active approach and who are curious to try new approaches to difficulties – together with a safe guide by your side.
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