Your Professional CBT Therapist in Windsor
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) therapists help clients change how they think and behave to manage their lifeworld challenges. At Chevalier Psychotherapy, the CBT therapist in Windsor aims to help clients understand how their thoughts affect their feelings, choices and actions by helping them understand the need to replace negative thoughts with more realistic and positive ones.
Contact me today to learn more about the services I provide as a certified CBT therapist in Windsor.
What Is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy?
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a practical treatment approach for a range of mental and emotional health issues, including anxiety and depression. It aims to help you identify and challenge unhelpful thoughts and to learn practical self-help strategies. These strategies are designed to bring about immediate positive changes in your quality of life.
CBT can be good for anyone who needs support to challenge unhelpful thoughts that are preventing them from reaching their goals or living the life they want to live. This mode of therapy aims to show you how your thinking affects your mood. It teaches you to think less negatively about yourself and your life. It is based on the understanding that thinking negatively is a habit that can be broken like any other habit.
Cognitive Model
The cognitive model describes how people’s thoughts and perceptions influence their feelings and behaviour. It is at the core of CBT and is critical in helping CBT therapists conceptualize and treat client's difficulties.
There are three levels of cognition:
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Situation: Anything that happens to a person; situations are usually out of their control, but their behaviour can influence them.
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Automatic thoughts: What a person believes and thinks about the situation.
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Reaction: The person's action and behaviour in response to their thoughts or beliefs.
Core Concepts of CBT Therapist in Windsor
The goal of CBT is for you to take an active role alongside your therapist in changing unhelpful patterns of thoughts and behaviours.
Usual treatment often involves the following:
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Learning new problem-solving skills.
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Learning how to face fears and challenges.
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Recognizing how inaccurate thinking can worsen problems.
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Gaining confidence and a better understanding and appreciation of your self-worth.
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Using mindfulness strategies when faced with potentially challenging situations.
Popular CBT techniques
CBT involves the use of many various techniques. As a therapist, I will work with you to find the most suitable solutions. These techniques aim to replace unhelpful or self-doubting thoughts with more optimistic and realistic ones.
These are some of the most popular techniques used in CBT:
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SMART Goals: SMART stands for specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-limited goals. I will help you set and achieve SMART goals.
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Guided Discovery and Questioning: I can help you challenge unhelpful thoughts and consider different viewpoints. I will do this by questioning how you view yourself or a stressful situation.
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Daily Thought Record (DTR): You will be asked to write down negative thoughts, feelings, and reactions. Then as you progress with your DTR, you will begin to replace negative with positive ones.
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Self-Talk: I will ask what you tell yourself about a situation or experience. I will then challenge you to replace negative or critical self-talk with compassionate, constructive self-talk.
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Cognitive Restructuring: It involves examining any cognitive distortions affecting your thoughts and beginning to correct them. Cognitive distortions may include black-and-white thinking, jumping to conclusions, catastrophizing, etc.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Delivered with Compassion
I provide psychological support for many mental health challenges, including:
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Anxiety & Stress
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Insomnia
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Depression
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Adult ADHD
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Substance Use and other Addictions
As a CBT therapist, I take a compassionate and collaborative approach to your mental health. I use various evidence-based therapeutic approaches to guide you through life’s challenges. I help you develop effective coping strategies to manage challenges and improve your quality of life. Contact Chevalier Psychotherapy for psychotherapy in Windsor.
