The aim of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is to enable you to develop new ways of thinking to help you break out of a cycle that will keep you from achieving the outcomes you desire. CBT can help you to make sense of your experiences by looking in detail at how you think, feel and act in everyday situations that trigger worry, conflict, upset and other difficult emotions. On our workshops we will explore how the interactions between our thoughts, feelings and actions can keep our problems going. CBT concentrates on the difficulties you are facing now, rather than focusing on the past, except when it helps to make sense of your current problems.
CBT techniques are sometimes difficult to grasp at first, but most people can learn with practise. Practising the skills is vital to improvement. At the end of each workshop you will be given a worksheet with examples of activities that you can practise to integrate your learning. Most of the learning will take place after you have left the workshop. You will, with practise, begin to notice how your thought patterns are beginning to change. This is when you will realise the power and potency of changing your thoughts and the effect this has on your feelings and behaviour. All you must do now is give yourself the permission to begin your journey of change.
Ruthie Francis 