CBT

 

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Mississauga

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is a focused approach to the treatment of many types of emotional, behavioural and psychiatric problems. The application of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy varies according to the problem being addressed but is basically a collaborative and personalized program that helps individuals to identify negative thoughts and behaviours and learn or relearn better skills and habits. CBT has proven success with a variety of emotional, psychological and psychiatric difficulties.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is based on several core values, including:

  1. Psychological problems are based, in part, on faulty or negativel ways of thinking.
  2. Emotional problems are based, in part, on learned patterns of negative behavior.
  3. People suffering from mental health issues can learn better ways of coping with them,
    thereby easing their symptoms and becoming more effective in their lives.
Person doing Cognitive Behaviour exercise completing negative thoughts journal

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) treatment usually involves efforts to change thinking patterns. These strategies might include:

  • Learning to recognize one’s distortions in thinking that are creating problems, and then to reevaluate them in light of reality.
  • Gaining a better understanding of the behavior and motivation of others.
  • Using problem-solving skills to cope with difficult situations.
  • Learning to develop a greater sense of confidence is one’s own abilities.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) treatment also usually involves efforts to change behavioral patterns. These strategies might include:

  • Facing one’s fears instead of avoiding them.
  • Using role playing to prepare for potentially problematic interactions with others.
  • Learning to calm one’s mind and relax one’s body.
People working together

Work Together

The therapist and patient/client work together, in a collaborative fashion, to develop an understanding of the problem and to develop a treatment strategy.

Cognitive behaviour therapy places an emphasis on helping individuals through exercises in the session as well as “homework” exercises outside of sessions. Patients/clients can acquire coping skills which equip them to modify their thoughts, emotional responses, and conduct.

CBT therapists emphasize what is going on in the person’s current life, rather than what has led up to their difficulties. A certain amount of information about one’s history is needed, but the focus is primarily on moving forward in time to develop more effective ways of coping with life.

 

Scroll to Top