🌿 Understanding CBT: What Is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?

When life becomes overwhelming, it can be difficult to make sense of our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a widely used and evidence-based approach that helps people manage a variety of mental health challenges by changing unhelpful thought patterns.

In this blog, we’ll explore what CBT is, how it works, and whether it might be the right approach for you.

🧠 What Is CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)?

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, is a short- to medium-term form of psychotherapy. It focuses on the relationship between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. The idea is simple but powerful: if we can change the way we think, we can often change how we feel and behave.

CBT is goal-oriented and collaborative, which means you and your therapist work together to identify specific issues and develop strategies to overcome them.

✅ What Can CBT Help With?

CBT is known to be effective for a wide range of issues, including:

• Anxiety and panic attacks

• Depression and low mood

• Stress and burnout

• OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

• PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

• Phobias

• Health anxiety

• Negative self-image

• Sleep problems

🔍 How Does CBT Work?

CBT involves learning to:

1. Identify unhelpful thinking patterns – These are often automatic and deeply ingrained, such as “I’m not good enough” or “Something bad will happen.”

2. Challenge those thoughts – With your therapist’s help, you’ll learn to question whether these thoughts are realistic or helpful.

3. Replace them with more balanced thoughts – You’ll practise new ways of thinking and behaving in daily life.

4. Develop coping strategies – CBT gives you practical tools you can use long after therapy ends.

   
   

🧘 Is CBT Right for You?

If you’re looking for a structured, practical, and evidence-based approach to therapy, CBT might be a good fit. It’s particularly helpful if you:

• Want tools to manage anxiety or depression

• Prefer a solution-focused therapy style

• Are open to doing reflective exercises between sessions

• Want to understand how your thoughts influence your feelings

📍 CBT - Jenny Palmer

At Jenny Palmer Therapy, CBT is integrated into a compassionate and personalised approach. Whether you're dealing with long-standing patterns or recent challenges, therapy offers a safe space to explore and grow.

Sessions are available online for clients across the UK.

💬 Ready to Begin?

If you're curious about whether CBT is right for you, you're welcome to book a free consultation or get in touch for more information. You don’t have to go through it alone — support is available.