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What is CBT?

Cognitive behavioural therapy is a psycho-social intervention that aims to improve mental health. CBT focuses on challenging and changing cognitive distortions and behaviours, improving emotional regulation, and the development of personal coping strategies that target solving current problems.

CBT is a type of talking treatment which focuses on how your thoughts, beliefs and attitudes affect your feelings and behaviour, and teaches you coping skills for dealing with different problems.

CBT places an emphasis on helping individuals learn to be their own therapists. Through exercises in the session as well as “homework” exercises outside of sessions, patients/clients are helped to develop coping skills, whereby they can learn to change their own thinking, problematic emotions and behaviour.

How does CBT work?

CBT works on the basis that the way we think and interpret life’s events affects how we behave and, ultimately, how we feel. Studies have shown that it is useful in many situations.

More specifically, CBT is a problem-specific, goal-oriented approach that needs the individual’s active involvement to succeed. It focuses on their present-day challenges, thoughts, and behaviours.

It is also time-limited, meaning the person knows when a course will end, and they have some idea what to expect. Often, a course will consist of 20 one-to-one sessions, but this is not always the case.

Does CBT work for everyone?

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can be as effective as medicine in treating some mental health problems, but it may not be successful or suitable for everyone.

Although many people can benefit from CBT, not everyone finds it helpful. You might find that it just doesn't suit you or doesn't meet your needs.

How can I Straker Consultants help you?

I Straker Consultants employ therapists that specialise in Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). We offer a bespoke and tailored service for each and every client we see, which starts with a 10-minute free consultation. If you are looking for private CBT treatment in Liverpool, then you can either utilise video/ telephone call sessions or visit us at our office. To find out if private Cognitive behavioural therapy is right for you, please contact us now.

Work After Lockdown

Employers have a legal duty to protect employees from stress at work by doing an employee stress risk assessment and acting upon it. 

Effectively managing work related stress in the workplace can have huge benefits for organisations. HSE estimates that stress, depression or anxiety and musculoskeletal disorders account for the majority of days lost due to work-related ill health: 9.9 million days a year. Each new case of stress leads to an average of 23 days off work, leaving employers without valued members of staff for significant periods of time.

Carrying out a stress risk assessment is a good way of tackling workplace stress before it becomes a more substantial issue. 

The benefits of tackling stress in the workplace are clear. The quality of working life for your employees will be better; their productivity and morale will increase; their attendance levels will go up and sickness absence will go down – all benefits which will have a direct impact on how smoothly your company runs. 

If an organisation performs a workplace stress assessment questionnaire, or uses an occupational stress indicator themselves via line managers or occupational health, employees tend to be less honest and open about how they are feeling, rendering the process meaningless. This is where I Straker Consultants can help.

By utilising our team of experienced therapists to carry out your company’s employee stress risk assessments, your staff can feel comfortable that their assessments are carried out within a safe and confidential environment, allowing your company to gain an accurate and true understanding of any potential stress exposure their staff may experience.