CBT Articles

Poems and short stories by students from our Cognitive Behavioural Therapy diploma Year 1 Reflection Already had a student year, under my belt, But I didn’t have confidence, nervous I felt. I’d previously considered ACT, chose another path… I have to admit now, I know that was daft.   I’d opted for Level 10, success […]

The use of communication through drawing therapy when words are too hard… This article is a case study about a young client struggling with anxiety. It discusses how he and his therapist found a way to communicate with one another through the use of drawing therapy. Jake and his overwhelming anxiety Jake was too young […]

One Tuesday in January two thousand and twenty, I went along to a new club, thinking I knew plenty.

Once upon a time there was a young girl who embarked up the COSCA counselling course at ACT Counselling and CBT Services. She wanted to climb the magic…

The ACT Counselling Services Team are looking forward to the delivery of our 1 day ‘Introduction to the Theory and Practise of Cognitive…

It is a well known fact, and yes you have probably read or heard it before that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)…

With CBT in Groups, where clients are given the opportunity to work with their counsellor on a 1:1 basis regarding the substance…

The ACT Counselling Services Team have been developing and delivering a new input as part of the PG Diploma on Personal Construct Psychology (PCP)…

So what do we mean by ‘rules.’ What we mean is ‘Rules for Living.’ A rule for living is the behavioural adjustment that a child makes in order to cope…

We need to shift away from “labelling” or diagnosing mental health problems in children and move towards “case formulations…

In the 10+ years that I have known my wife she has always been involved in helping people in some way, both in her professional life as well

When is the best time to introduce a relapse prevention plan? Well, regardless of the goal, how do you keep going with the plan and not give into…

Albert Ellis who as many of our readers will know was the founder of Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT), one of the approaches that influenced…

Our attention turns to Relapse Prevention Therapy and the models used within it. Relapse Prevention and Management techniques should be skilfully passed…

Negative thinking affects all of us. We have designed our own Psycho education process that can help identify, clarify and evaluate unhelpful thoughts…