Cbt?

[Stephj526]

Has anyone tried doing self CBT training? I saw a psychiatrist today and she recommended I either try some self learning or see a therapist. Any suggestions or trial and error stories?

[StaceyK]

Has anyone tried doing self CBT training? I saw a psychiatrist today and she recommended I either try some self learning or see a therapist. Any suggestions or trial and error stories?

I've just been referred for CBT from my doctor. Apparently it's us highly effective for anxiety. It's about challenging your thoughts - so for example , I have really bad health anxiety and I am preoccupied with thinking I have a brain tumour as I get really bad headaches. The therapist may draw up a pie chart with the types of headaches and causes - illustrating that most headaches are caused by other reasons. So it may show that 1000s of people each day wake up with a headache but very few will actually have a brain tumour.

[j2005]

I have applied CBT with fantastic results. There are lots of books that teach it and videos. I used the Linden method with great results.

James