What is CBT? | Making Sense of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) is one of the most common treatments for a range of mental health problems, from anxiety, depression, bipolar, OCD or schizophrenia.

This animation explains the basics and how you can decide whether it's best for you or not.

[miniwoona]

When your looking for a meme and you accidentally fix your life

[cheesecakelasagna]

Special shoutout to whoever designed your logo!

[joesmith]

Can CBT help me? I have no negative thoughts about myself, it’s just this unending anxiety over everything. I love myself, but have just started to feel fearful of everything, and fearing the fearful feelings.

[pebblecups]

Family? Friends? What are these things?

[ASMinor]

I am an avid #MentalHealthAwareness advocate and performer, and I love this so much. I travel the country trying to bring that awareness on stages, in classrooms, hospitals, and on my YouTube channel, so I get excited when I see other advocates. 💙❤

[aliceroberts]

Your voice is really calming and put me at ease - thank you for explaining this! ❤️

[ShakespeareOfBorg]

Just a word of caution: if you turn down therapy that's offered to you then you might not be offered any more. That's how the NHS really works.

[bryanstark]

Funny how other therapies are trivialized by saying it's talking to a bearded man who analyses your dreams. CBT is good to use in addition to other therapy techniques I don't think it's good to downplay other methods in this video.

[rajeshpsy]

WOW ! What a WONDERFUL EXPLANATION....,

[AmandaDuttonHLC]

What a wonderfully simple explanation of CBT! I would love permission to share this on my website so that my own clients can better understand the concept. May I do so?

[claws]

cbt does not work for me.. and it makes me stop seeing my therapist anymore.. i don't feel helped by that kind of therapy

[amybenjamin]

This would be so simple, easy, awesome for my patients to grasp.  I would like to share it with my patients as well.  May I?  Thank  you...Amy

[glynharris]

Likewise, I echo Amanda in agreeing that this is a fantastic video, May I also link to it on my website, I will of course provide a link to MIND,

[sumwhatparanoid]

Hi, I'm seeking free CBT resources online, such as a workbook to go through, would anyone be able to direct me to some helpful materials? Thanks in advance!

[camblackburn]

Here from my Psychology A level revision

[glynharris]

Hi this vid is ace! Please may I share this on my website too....I will of course link to your site....

[ironjohnlad]

CBT is based on a logical fallacy that Thoughts Control feelings. Neuroscience shows that the amygdala, ( the smoke alarm in the brain) sends signals via the sympathetic nervous system to create nervous panicky feelings, and sends signals to the neocortex to produce the negative thoughts. There is no direct link between the two. Cognitive re framing simply suppresses those feelings. What you actually need to do ( and Mindfulness Somatic Experiencing and Focusing Psychotherapy all do this ) is to activate the'noticing' part of the brain ( Hyppocampus ) which helps to reset the amygdala. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and others have pointed this out for many years. but the anti-science CBT people just ignore it.

[YorkWhippet]

I think I would rather lay on a couch and speak to a bearded man about my childhood.

[cutecats]

why does this speak to me so well im scared

[AL-ribk]

idk...takes too much time. these therapies...psych...

and sometimes doesnt even get to the point. When the truth ain't found....