Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is a psychological treatment that is evidenced to be effective at helping people overcome and manage difficulties such as anxiety, depression, OCD, agoraphobia, and other such problems. Cognitive behaviour therapy is a short-term talking therapy, meaning that you will not require input for long periods of time.

Did you know that CBT is also useful at helping people with weight and eating problems? A CBT approach is not about faddy diets but rather you developing an understanding of the psychological blocks that keep you locked in unhealthy eating and weight problems. Most approaches to weight-loss focus on changing your eating and activity behaviours, e.g. through diet and exercise. These approaches do not take account of the internal psychological factors behind your eating and activity behaviours – your thoughts and feelings. I am an occupational therapist and I use CBT Edinburgh to help people who want to overcome weight problems.

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I know a lot of people have found CBT to be very effective while other could greatly benefit in the guidance of others who have “been there, done that”. There currently is no online community for cognitive behavioral therapy, and I have a lot of experience building online communities. Does anyone who is doing/has done CBT think this would be beneficial? If you are interested, I’d be happy to contact you when it goes live… I would say I could have it online in less than a week.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) can be useful in helping people to overcome shyness and social anxiety. At my Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) practice in Edinburgh, I have found that seemingly confident people often present for treatment because they are fed up with dreading social events and feeling tense during situations that are supposed to be enjoyable.

Often the people that I see for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) Edinburgh that have problems with social anxiety aren’t stereotypical wallflowers. They have professional jobs and often large, busy social networks. So why do they feel nervous and self-doubting inside? There is no straight answer to this question. It is usually due to a mixture of factors.

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Ok, I suffer from social anxiety. I would really like to get help from a therapist who specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy. Does medical insurance cover something like that? How do i go about finding a therapist and getting help?

The fact is that cognitive-behavioral therapy and medications work. Countless people all over the world have been helped by either one or a combination of both of these approaches. Research and clinical practice have repeatedly supported their efficacy. No self-respecting clinician who is knowledgeable about anxiety disorders fails to utilize them.

But not everyone who receives cognitive-behavioral therapy and/or medication achieves satisfactory recovery. And there are some persons who, having received good treatment, get better for a while and then relapse. Thus it appears that, at least sometimes, something more than CBT and medication is needed to ensure a lasting and high level of recovery.

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