Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Explained
How many CBT sessions?
Cognitive behavioural therapy has an important advantage over many talking therapies in that it tends to be short-term, with many clients overcoming their particular problem or seeing great improvement in six to ten hours of therapy, usually weekly or fortnightly. However, CBT sessions with the therapist may take longer, depending on the severity of the problem and if there is more than one issue to deal with. The therapy sessions last between fifty minutes to an hour, consisting of the cognitive behavioural therapist and client working as one to get an understanding of the presenting problem and to develop new ways for working on them. CBT teaches the client a series of strategies, techniques and principles that they can use in everyday living, which they continue to use in the future.
Is homework important for CBT?
It has been proven that clients who are motivated and committed to carry out homework tasks outside of CBT therapy sessions with the therapist seem to get the best results out of cognitive behavioural therapy. An example would be a client with low self-worth who assumes family and friends don't think much of him without checking whether this is true. Without trying out CBT techniques to check if this were true, he would stay unhappy with his negative view of himself and not move on with his life. Cognitive behavioural therapy is very effective in helping the client become "unstuck" from outdated, irrational, negative ways of thinking and acting about themselves, others and life in general.
Will cognitive behavioural therapy help you?
Clients who have a good idea of what problem or problems they specifically want to work on in sessions with the cognitive behavioural therapist are more suited for CBT, as it is a structured, problem-solving approach. It may be less suitable for the client who has general feelings of being unhappy. Cognitive behavioural therapy can be an effective treatment for: depression, anxiety, low self-confidence, OCD, redundancy, phobias, eating disorders, anxiety management, self-esteem issues, stress management, smoking cessation, work-related illness, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, relationship issues, sexual problems, assertiveness training, sleep problems, anger management, panic attacks and many more issues.
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