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Cbt any experiences please

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Steff

Steff

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It's been said to me that one of the things I'll be having to help me out and that's been written on my care plan is cognative behavioural therapy has anyone had it and what's your experience with it please?

Ps I know this isn't diabetes related although one of the things I discussed with my therapist was the thoughts of oding on insulin so guess it has in a way.
 
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Cognitive behavioural therapy? Is that what you mean?

I can tell you a little if it's that
 
I don't have any personal experience of CBT, but I have seen it work very well for various friends in changing their outlook / behaviour, most spectacularly in helping a house mate who was terrified of dogs.
 
It's a type of counselling that focuses on how to react to certain thoughts/actions etc.

Basically rather than some therapies which look into the how and why things feel/occur it looks at the when things 'trigger' so to speak how we deal with that, what we can do to help ourselves react/deal with it in a more positive or helpful way for ourselves.

Hope that description makes sense - I'm not a counsellor so it can probably be worded better but that's my understanding of it.
 
grainger said:
It's a type of counselling that focuses on how to react to certain thoughts/actions etc.

Basically rather than some therapies which look into the how and why things feel/occur it looks at the when things 'trigger' so to speak how we deal with that, what we can do to help ourselves react/deal with it in a more positive or helpful way for ourselves.

Hope that description makes sense - I'm not a counsellor so it can probably be worded better but that's my understanding of it.
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Thanks Grainger yes that makes sense . Have you had it yourself
 
Steff said:
Thanks Grainger yes that makes sense . Have you had it yourself
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I have. But weirdly for grief counselling (which isn't particularly common I dont think) - I was offered it because I had a 6 month old when my brother died and I needed/wanted help with just Day to day dealing with my grief rather than actually dealing with my grief (my cbt sessions became a combination therapy approach)

It helped to an extent for me. But my degree is psychology and I found that I kept trying to analyse myself which wasn't v helpful.

My personal experience and opinion is that if you go with an open mind and with a belief that it might help give strategies/opinions which could help then it can't hurt. I wouldn't expect complete solutions from it. But that's just my opinion and I could well be wrong
 
Yeah that's part of what mines about greif which therapist said was not common she thinks I need to deal with my mum's death which is something I thought I had done but she must of picked up I ain't. Thanks for sharing your experience @grainger
 
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Yeah that's part of what mines about greif which therapist said was not common she thinks I need to deal with my mum's death which is something I thought I had done but she must of picked up I ain't. Thanks for sharing your experience @grainger[/QU

No prob. Hope it works for you. If you want to know any more just pm me.
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Hi again Steff - I had cbt quite a whole ago when I was suffering from really bad anxiety. I thought it was fabulous- it really helped me - in fact it completely cured me. It was all about changing the way you think - it's not an easy thing to do but if you have a good therapist and get the hang of it - it really can change your life xx
 
That should be - quite a while ago!
 
Kathy1960 said:
Hi again Steff - I had cbt quite a whole ago when I was suffering from really bad anxiety. I thought it was fabulous- it really helped me - in fact it completely cured me. It was all about changing the way you think - it's not an easy thing to do but if you have a good therapist and get the hang of it - it really can change your life xx
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Aw thanks Kathy that's really reassuring I hope I can report back at the end of this and say the same .
 
So do I - good luck! x
 
Helped me with a lot of things.

She'd ask me questions, and I'd think, how ridiculous, of course not! Then of course I'd go away and think more about what she asked, why she asked me that? - and I found out a lot about myself - and freely admit I wasn't very fond of what I'd apparently revealed - but on the other hand - I did also find out WHY I'm like that - and to my relief, it appears it wasn't my fault I turned out that way.

At least when you know and accept that you have a fault - you can be aware of it and try to counter it.

Didn't actually stop my boss being a bitch or stupid, though! LOL
 
So was your boss the cause of your cbt Jenny?
I have an initial appointment Monday afternoon they want to see me face to face rather telephone consultation
 
Hay AI thank you for that comprehensive explanation explains alot . I've looked online into cbt but it's always better actually getting from people who have experienced there views
 
I think the experienxe and outcome of CBT does vary on the individual you have your sessions with. I had a 6 week course of CBT for my Bi polar and i found it teadious, irritating and a waste of my time. Each session i was asked to fill out tick boxes on how i felt that day regarding sadness, agitation, low thoughts etc. By the 3rd or 4th session she was telling me well thats normal for you so perhaps you should change the boxes. I was like ermmm well it may be normal for me but thats why im here because what im feeling isnt 'normal' to which i got the response that i feel this way because of my childhood. Just made me angry to be honest. But as i say if you have a good councilor who genuinely listens and helps then its worth the time.
 
I am very sorry for your loss. I don't think we ever 'get over it' we just learn to live with it. Lost Dad at 18, I'm 64, so should be over it by now! You'd think.

I think I was having CBT for my overeating, they just said "eat normal." Ha ha. :D

Give it a whirl though, what can it hurt?
 
Thank you sammi must admit I have had to rate certain things twice already and not even met anyone yet
 
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I am very sorry for your loss. I don't think we ever 'get over it' we just learn to live with it. Lost Dad at 18, I'm 64, so should be over it by now! You'd think.

I think I was having CBT for my overeating, they just said "eat normal." Ha ha. :D

Give it a whirl though, what can it hurt?
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Thanks ditto definetly never get over it we just learn to cope with it better as time passes. As my OH said to me 5 years ago I'd not dream of doing anything like this or if I did I'd just say I'm fine or lie and tell them I'm alright x
 
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