CBT
The Framework
The least mysterious work I do, and for some people the most useful. CBT is a set of tools for noticing what your mind is doing, testing whether it is true, and choosing differently — on purpose, out loud, with practice.
Thoughts, feelings, behaviour — and the loop between them.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy starts from a plain observation: what you think affects how you feel, how you feel affects what you do, and what you do feeds straight back into what you think. The loop runs whether or not you are watching it.
The work is learning to catch the loop mid-turn. Not positive thinking, and not talking yourself out of a real problem — examining a thought properly and finding out how much of it survives inspection.
It is structured, collaborative and time-limited. You will have things to practise between sessions. That homework is not admin; it is where most of the change actually happens.
Different depths, different tools.
People ask which one they need. Usually the honest answer comes out in the first conversation — and occasionally the answer is both, in sequence.
- You know what the problem is and need a way through it
- You want tools you can use without me in the room
- You prefer structure, homework and measurable progress
- You would rather work with the present than the past
- The word hypnosis puts you off entirely
- You understand the pattern intellectually and it persists anyway
- The feeling is older than the situation it attaches to
- You have tried talking about it and talking has not moved it
- You want to work at the level of belief, not behaviour
- You want the fastest route and can commit to the recording
Ordinary things, taken seriously.
- Anxiety, worry and rumination
- Low mood
- Panic
- Stress that has stopped switching off
- Procrastination and avoidance
- Sleep patterns
- Self-critical thinking
- Work pressure and burnout
Structure still being set.
Session length, package structure and pricing for CBT are not finalised yet. Rather than publish a number I would have to change, I would rather you asked me directly and got a straight answer for your situation.
CBT here is practical work on everyday difficulty. It is not a replacement for psychiatric treatment or crisis care. If what you are carrying needs a clinical team, I will say so and help you find one rather than take the booking.