CBT - cognitive behavioural therapy - any experiences anyone?

[SecondhandRose]

Have a lot of emotional baggage to sort out and I have been recommended to have this sort of therapy.

It is an ongoing problem that I first recognised and got advice about on Mumsnet in 2001 and it has come to a head again.

Yes have been having therapy for nearly a year now and it has been fantastic. I have turned my life around in really unexpected ways and am much happier and more sorted. I may still do the things I used to but I recognise them now and give myself a mental shake. I do one thing differently each day and like myself much much more than I ever have.

My therapist uses a combination of CBT, hypnotherapy and NLP. I am extremely lucky as because of my X she is free from Womens Aid.

Thanks GF, that is great. I am still waiting to hear back from someone. Have left messages and two different places but heard back from no one.

Had a lovely chat with a good friend earlier and she was very supportive and feel a lot better just from that.

It turned my life around too . I can't recommend it enough.

It completely changed my life for the better, I had to cut it short as I was about to give birth and had a 14 month dd. I am hoping to start up again as things have got a bit tought for me lately. At first I found it hard but you have to perservere and work at it, but anything is better than the way I was before. Good luck and hope all goes well

I found it useful but pnly had 6 weeks worth (1 hour per week)

CBT is a very effective type of therapy that aims to help people recognise 'faulty' thinking patterns and help change thier responses. Many people find it helpful because it does not aim to analyse at extreme length the roots of what might be the problem as psychdynamic approaches do, but straight away helps people acutally make changes.
Good luck - if you understand something about what your difficulty is about then CBT may well be very helpful. Talk to the therapist when they are in touch about what it entails.

Made one appt for 1.5hours for £75 thought it was a bit steep then another lady phoned me and she wanted £50 for 50 minutes so I went with her instead and she works at the GP's surgery too so I'm going there next week. Will let you know how I get on.

It's excellent. You'll be so pleased you did.

No personal experience, but I have had a lot of clients who have been referred for it, and all came back to me singing it's praises.

Hope it goes well for you

worked for me and there's a lot of very good manuals - i got it on nhs,but only once a month so i had a book and lots of homework -which really appealed to me as it felt constructive and moved me forward.

Had my first session today. Watched my £45 tick away very quickly. Lady was helpful though and said she could help me with my long list of problems which are apparently all connected to each other.

She says she can teach me to react to situations differently and hopefully see different ways of thinking.

Only cried once, very briefly.

My understanding of it is that it's a way to halp you fix problems that are due to faulty thinking patterns - it's supposed to work fairly speedily (unlike the lie-on-a-couch-talking-about-potty-training -for decades caricature). Certainly the two most sensible and down-to-earth mental health professionals I know of think it's about the most effective way to solve problems that do not need medication (such as psychoses).

I used to use this in my line of work, nearly always effective, if used correctly, and the person receiving it,knows what they have signed up for iykwim