‘Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.’ - Victor Frankl
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a type of therapy that can help people to identify and change their unhelpful negative thoughts and beliefs by reframing and replacing them with more helpful, useful thoughts and beliefs that can help improve moods, stress levels, reduce suffering and make positive changes.
It is proven by research that if you train your brain away from stress and pain, you can reduce the future pain. According to Psychology Today research when we catastrophise emotional or physical pain this leads to greater pain because it amplifies pain processing in the nervous system. Through this therapy you will learn practical skills how to harness body's potential to heal itself if you use them regularly 'pain reactions' and 'stress reactions' could be reprogrammed to help you support better health and wellbeing.
Yes, it does if you practice it regularly.
Let me ask you a question: Does brushing your teeth work? Yes, it does, if you keep brushing them.
CBT is a short-term therapy which is focused on 'here and now'. It involves cognitive restructuring and reframing of negative thoughts and beliefs in conjunction with behavioural changes addressing the core issues and changing the perception and reaction to them. It is very structured, collaborative, which means that a therapist and a client work together in collaboration to find solutions, it is goal-focused, the benefit is that the client learns the valuable techniques and strategies, therefore can become his/her own problem-solver, more solution-focused in the long run and become equipped to deal with negative emotions and stress effectively.
This type therapy is a combined approach to counselling that brings together different elements of specific therapies. Integrative counselling is holistic, it takes into account your mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing. This approach is not a single approach to treat each client in all situations. This therapy integrates different things and tools is suitable to a client. Each client is unique, this therapy is ideal to use for different types of issues, what would work for one client might not necessarily work for other people. In this type of therapy we would work out a program of therapy that could suit you and your personal needs.
The aim is to help you explore what's causing your problems and create a program that can help you to resolve the issues, and help in different areas of life like mental, emotional and physical.
There is no one model to suit all. It's flexible, it can be changed, it is less structured.