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<br><br>What is CBT therapy and what can it treat?<br>http://www.dr-ruspoli.com/psychology-and-cbt-london-therapy.html<br><br>
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What is CBT therapy and what can it treat? Insights from Harley Street psychologist, Dr Vanessa Ruspoli What is CBT therapy? Simply put, CBT involves… • condition, state of mind, or quality of life. Identifying and understanding the ideas, behaviours and emotions that contribute to your • you handle life experiences without becoming mentally stressed. Once identified, taking effective steps towards modifying those thoughts and feelings to allow • that may be influencing or colouring your interpretation of events in the present. Recalling and identifying any problematic life events that you have gone through in the past, • solving skills and coping techniques. Drawing on scientifically based methods, the psychologist will support you to develop problem • patterns, in order to regain your sense of control and joy for life. Gradually acclimatising to the source of anxiety, and challenging negative or outdated thought Dr Vanessa Ruspoli | Harley Street Psychology | www.dr-‐ruspoli.com | (+44) 7747-‐ 777361
What can CBT treat? 10 things CBT helps with… -‐-‐-‐ Phobias CBT challenges beliefs about safety, whilst gaining exposure to the feared situation, including specific phobias, such as fear of closed in spaces, spiders, or heights. -‐-‐-‐ Generalised Anxiety Confronting negative beliefs about the world, whilst exposing the person to new situations and getting away from avoidance, helps reduce anxiety levels. -‐-‐-‐ Social Anxiety Supporting clients to challenge beliefs about how threatening people are, whilst gradually gaining exposure to social events, can build self confidence. -‐-‐-‐ Obsessive Compulsive Disorder CBT questions unhelpful or magical beliefs about what will happen if a certain behaviour is not performed, whilst incrementally reducing compulsive behaviours. Dr Vanessa Ruspoli | Harley Street Psychology | www.dr-‐ruspoli.com | (+44) 7747-‐ 777361
-‐-‐-‐ Depression Challenging negative beliefs about oneself and the world, and increasing activity levels, can help people to regain a healthy outlook and enjoy life again. -‐-‐-‐ Overcoming Low Self-‐Esteem Tackling distorted beliefs about what is good enough, along with reducing people pleasing or other safety behaviours, leads to a healthy sense of self. -‐-‐-‐ Anger Management Working on how to be assertive when expressing anger and managing emotions and responses, leads to better relationships and an improved sense of self. -‐-‐-‐ Eating disorders Challenging negative and distorted beliefs about ones body, whilst learning how to eat a balanced diet, leads to a healthy relationship with food and self. -‐-‐-‐ Addiction Understanding addiction as an illness, where and how it started, and getting to a point of complete abstinence, can aid people in their recovery process. -‐-‐-‐ Weight management In challenging negative beliefs about ones body and food, and learning how to develop a balanced lifestyle, a healthy weight can be gained and maintained. Dr Vanessa Ruspoli is a chartered counseling psychologist offering CBT therapy in London. She has worked with cognitive behavioral therapy for a number of years at her Harley Street psychology practice in Central London’s prestigious, historic medical district. Dr Vanessa Ruspoli | Harley Street Psychology | www.dr-‐ruspoli.com | (+44) 7747-‐ 777361
