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What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)?

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What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)?

The aim of CBT is to help you think more positively about life and free yourself from unhelpful patterns of behaviour.

In CBT, you set goals with your therapist and may carry out tasks between sessions.

CBT has been shown to work for a variety of mental health problems. This doesn’t mean it's better than other therapies, just that the evidence base is more robust for CBT at this time.

In particular, CBT can help with depression and anxiety, and there is some evidence that it can improve management of pain.

CBT is available on the NHS for people with depression, anxiety and other mental health problems that it has been proven to help.

You can find out more on the NHS inform website at https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/mental-wellbeing/therapy-and-counselling/talking-therapies-explained

There are also self-help books and computer courses based on CBT.