WHAT IS CBT?
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)? Cognitive behavioural psychotherapy (often known as CBT) is a psychological approach based on scientific principles and which research has shown to be effective for a wide range of problems.
You and the therapist will work together to identify and understand problems in terms of the relationship between thoughts, feelings and behaviour.
The approach usually focuses on difficulties in the here and now, and relies on you and your therapist developing a shared view of your problem. This then leads you both to identify your personal goals and a plan of treatment.
The treatments aim to empower you to understand your problem and become your own therapist. CBT focuses on specific psychological and practical skills (e.g. monitoring and challenging unhelpful negative thoughts) aimed at enabling you to tackle your problems. CBT is an active treatment, and is not experienced as something that is “done” to you. The development of new skills is seen as the main goal of therapy.
CBT places an emphasis on putting what has been learned in sessions into practice between sessions. Each week you and the therapist will identify goals to work on between sessions (‘homework’).
Find an Accredited CBT Therapist
For a full list of accredited CBT therapists in Ireland please click the following links
Irish Council for Psychotherapy
Register of Accredited CBT Therapists BABCP website
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy Ireland website
Accreditations and Awards
