Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in Kelowna
Online therapy and in-person sessions available.
What Is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy?
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is a framework which encompasses a person’s here-and-now experience. It is an approach that helps give an understanding of the interactions between the person, their environment, their thoughts, feelings and their actions.
How does CBT work?
CBT will serve to identify unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and modify and update them to help relieve PTSD symptoms. CBT can also help you identify how traumatic experiences may have affected your thoughts and behaviours.
The therapist will begin by getting to know you, and will ask you about your past, your experiences, and your beliefs to figure out what motivates you, how you handle disappointment and anger, and how you cope with things. Then, they’ll work with you to try to shift some of your thought patterns.
Who is CBT for?
It has been shown that virtually all problems can be formulated with CBT, but not everyone may benefit from a purely CBT approach. It does have a good track record for treating many problems, particularly if a person is:
Aware of their thoughts during sessions
Aware of different emotions
Can relate to the cognitive models
Can work on one issue at a time in a relatively focused way.
There are times however, where CBT may not be the optimum modality and using a different approach might be better. This is why our therapists have a range of different skills sets and are skilled in knowing what to use and when to try them.
