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Break Free from Vicious Cycles
Discover the power of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to change negative thinking patterns and behaviors. At Peakland Therapy, we specialise in helping you break free from vicious cycles that impact your mental wellbeing. CBT empowers you to challenge and reframe your thoughts and behaviours, leading to positive changes in your emotions and actions.
Whether you struggle with anxiety, depression, or other mental health issues, CBT can provide you with effective tools to help you feel better emotionally and improve your quality of life.
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT is a type of talking therapy that helps you deal with different mental health problems by helping you understand the connections between your thoughts, emotions and behaviours. CBT is goal oriented and has a structured approach which focuses on your current challenges rather than on your past experiences. It is very much focused on the here and now and how your current thought patterns and behaviours are affecting you.
In CBT we say that what you think and do can affect how you feel. Negative thinking patterns and unhelpful patterns of behaviours can result in people getting caught up in vicious cycles. These can be hard to break free from and can make people feel stuck. This sense of stuckness can affect your quality of life impacting on many aspects of daily life such as relationships, home, work, family, social life, hobbies and health. Feeling emotionally stuck can hinder your growth and overall wellbeing.
CBT is highly effective at helping you to explore, understand and identify what your unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours are and how they are keeping your vicious cycles going. Working collaboratively with your therapist you will learn to modify unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours and develop healthier and more helpful ways of thinking and reacting in everyday situations. Changing the way you think, and what you do, can help you to feel better emotionally. During CBT you will learn to develop new skills, strategies and tools which can help you feel more positive, self-confident and resilient, CBT can help you feel able to manage your mental health better, leading to a more balanced emotional state and helping you feel more in control of your life.
The tools developed during CBT can have a long lasting positive impact on your daily functioning and overall quality of life. By the end of therapy you will have become your own therapist so that even when CBT has ended, your progress does not. You will be able to continue to utilise the skills and tools you have developed from CBT to help you grow and develop, helping you feel able to tackle any future problems, should they arise.​
Frequently asked questions
What can I expect to happen during my Initial CBT Assessment?
During your Initial CBT Assessment we will spend time exploring what has brought you to therapy.
This will include exploring what your main current mental health difficulties are, how they affect you and how these impact on your daily life.
We will also explore and set meaningful, achievable goals that you want to work on during therapy.
What can I expect to happen during therapy sessions?
During therapy sessions we will work collaboratively to understand your mental health problem and how it impacts on your daily life.
We will discuss challenging situations and explore your thoughts, feelings and behaviours related to them. ​
We will work together to develop new strategies and approaches to managing unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours.
We will collaboratively set Home Practice tasks for you to engage in between sessions.
Be mindful that therapy sessions can be difficult for some people, and it is common to feel distress, discomfort and strong emotions during and after sessions.
Some people can feel tired and fatigued following sessions, so it is important to allow yourself some time afterwards for reflection and self-care.
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​How long and frequent are therapy sessions?
Your Initial CBT Assessment session lasts between 60 and 90 minutes.
Individual Therapy and Skills Building Short Courses sessions generally last between 50 and 60 minutes, although this may differ for specific problems such as Menopause, where sessions are 90 minutes long.
Sessions are offered on a weekly or fortnightly basis.
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​How many sessions will I need?
This can vary depending on the mental health problem you want to work on in therapy and the goals you set.
Session amounts range from 6-20 depending on NICE recommended guidelines.
Most people will complete therapy within 12 -16 sessions.
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What if I don't know what my mental health problem is or it doesn't fit the ones mentioned?
​If you are unsure what your problem is or it doesn't fit the ones mentioned please get in touch for a free 15 minute consultation where we can discuss your needs in further detail.
Our approach to therapy is flexible and can be adapted to suit your individual needs and the goals you want to work on.
We are happy to discuss how we can find an approach that works for you.​​​
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How do I book a session?
Once you have completed the form in our contact page someone from Peakland Therapy will contact you via telephone or email to arrange your free 15 minute telephone consultation.
If you are happy to proceed with therapy following this, a convenient date and time for your first session, either online or via telephone, will be arranged with your Therapist.
All future sessions will be arranged collaboratively with your Therapist.
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How much are sessions and how can I pay for them?
​Session prices vary depending if you want to engage in Individual Therapy or the Skills Building Short Courses.
Further information can be found about prices in the Services section.
All sessions are paid for using BACS and you will be an emailed an invoice with the details of this after you have attended sessions.