Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps you to make sense of your life by breaking down your difficulties into manageable parts.

Five areas are analysed: situations, thoughts, emotions, physical feelings, actions.

CBT is based on the concept of these elements being interconnected, and all affecting each other. For example, your thoughts surrounding a certain situation can lead to both physical and emotional responses, as well as how you behave in response.

A thought always comes before a feeling, and this affects our response (Action)

CBT is a treatment that is intended to change any thinking or behaviour that stands in the way of how a person would like to live their life.

Exploring negative perceptions or distortions and tries to identify the ways those interfere with our actions and behaviour These can be thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, among other things.

Using Cognitive Restructuring we are able to challenge thoughts seeking out different perspectives or presenting your own views in a way that can disprove our assumptions. Once we can reframe the thought, we can have a more objective and diverse perspective on what we are thinking.