You and I will work together to develop a shared understanding of your problems. During the first couple of sessions you will explain what has brought you to therapy and we will identify how your thoughts, feelings and behaviours affect your daily functioning. We will work on identifying your goals and a treatment plan to help you achieve them.
Research has shown CBT to be helpful with a wide range of psychological and emotional problems including:
The session will last for an hour. Between sessions you will probably have ‘homework’ tasks to complete that will help you achieve your goals. You will gain most benefit if between sessions you put into practice the techniques that you have learned. For instance, we might work on an issue about being assertive at work and rehearse what you might say in a given situation. Between sessions you would have a go at testing this out in real life. In the next session we would look at what happened, how you felt, what you were thinking, what you learned and see how you can take this learning forward.
The sessions cost £45 per hour. However if you are a low earner please ask for a discount.
CBT is solution focused and time limited. Depending on the problem that has brought you to therapy and the severity of your symptoms we may contract for six, or maybe, eight sessions. We will review progress regularly and may decide to contract again for another six or so. Sometimes it may only require two or three sessions if the issue is in just one area of your life.