What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?

At Tonic Psychology, we use cognitive behavioural therapy as part of our holistic approach to mental health. Learn more about the benefits of CBT!

Also known as talk-based therapy, CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) is a technique used by our Tonic Psychology clinicians designed to improve your mental health through guiding you to you better understand yourself, your behaviour and empower to begin changing making changed to unhelpful patterns of behaviour and thought.

A trusted and widely used technique, research has shown this can be a highly effective approach, offering a wide range of additional benefits.

What can CBT help with?

CBT is a very common, effective tool and often used to help people deal with a huge variety of mental health challenges including anxiety, depression, PTSD and many other conditions. It is especially effective for helping you build new, healthy coping mechanisms to break cycles of behaviour and thought to develop a healthier, happier life.

Is CBT effective?

CBT is a researched-backed treatment that is one of the most proven, effective talk-based strategies commonly used today and is utilised with a wide variety of presenting issues and clients to great success.

Often clients can find that because it follows a structured treatment plan with logical steps, you may experience results more quickly or feel more productive than with other methods. Whether you are using CBT for depression, an eating disorder, or another challenge, it is a tried and tested method with positive results.

At Tonic Psychology, our highly experienced team of psychologists can work with you using CBT and/or a combination of other techniques to ensure we create the best outcome and best mode of therapy to suit you.