#4 | CBT: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

When it comes to talk therapy there are many approaches that can be helpful to our mental health. As part of our efforts to demystify the world of psychotherapy, this week we are going to look at Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and try to debunk the myths around CBT for clients and therapists.

Joining Dil and Anne Marie for today’s episode is Eoin Stephens, Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Trainer who has more than 25 years of experience in the field of Counselling and Psychotherapy. Eoin specialises in such areas as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Addictive Behaviours, Sexual Addictions and Social Anxiety, as well as in Counselling and Psychotherapy Education.

Dil, Anne Marie and Eoin discuss what CBT is in a nutshell, some of the incorrect myths about CBT for both clients and therapists, the collaborative nature of CBT—the client learns how CBT works, so that they can help themselves, as well as how CBT focuses on the patterns that perpetuate mental health problems.

They also discuss experiential learning: how with CBT, a lot of the important mental shifts come between sessions rather than in the sessions; the creativity and exploration within CBT; and also, the limits of CBT, when it isn’t suited to clients.

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