Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an evidence based therapy that operates on the principle that thoughts, feelings and actions are interlinked and helps the individual explore maladaptive thought patterns that result in and maintain negative emotional patterns and unwanted behaviours. Joanne blends the principles of CBT with hypnotherapy to provide effective and lasting change
CBT is 'problem focussed' and 'action orientated', concentrating on conscious cognitive processes, seeking to find strategies to reduce symptoms. This approach is sometimes more effective and suitable for a particular individual than more historical approaches to psychotherapy such as hypno-analysis or psychodynamic therapy that seek to explore subconscious material.
CBT seeks first to identify maladaptive behaviours and the cognitions (thoughts and feelings) that generated those behaviours and then experiments with different thought processing skills to produce more efficient coping mechanisms and strategies. Maladaptive behaviours can be identified as those that are either in excess or deficit.
When used in conjunction with hypnotherapy, these new more helpful thought patterns can be integrated more quickly and effecvtively.