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Free, evidence-based self-help guides and psychoeducation materials written by our clinical team. Covering anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, sleep, relationships and more.
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Psychotherapy, sometimes called "talking therapy," is a collaborative process in which a trained professional helps you explore your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours in a safe, confidential environment. Unlike…
The biopsychosocial model is the dominant framework used in modern mental health care to understand psychological distress. Developed by the American psychiatrist George Engel in 1977, it recognises…
Confidentiality is the cornerstone of the therapeutic relationship. Everything you share with your therapist is treated as private and confidential, and your therapist is bound by a strict…
If you are attending therapy with Talking Therapies UK, you will be asked to complete brief questionnaires at regular intervals throughout your treatment. These are called outcome measures,…
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is one of the most extensively researched and widely used psychological therapies in the world. Recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence…
The five-areas model is one of the most practical and widely used tools in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for understanding how your difficulties are maintained and for identifying the…
Cognitive distortions are systematic errors in thinking that cause us to perceive reality inaccurately, usually in a negative direction. First catalogued by Aaron Beck and later expanded by…
Beneath the surface-level negative automatic thoughts that cognitive behavioural therapy initially targets lie deeper cognitive structures known as core beliefs or schemas. These are fundamental, often unspoken, assumptions…
The thought record is the single most important practical tool in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. First developed by Aaron Beck and subsequently refined by Christine Padesky and Kathleen Mooney,…
Behavioural activation is one of the most effective evidence-based treatments for depression, and research has consistently demonstrated that it can be as effective as full cognitive therapy and…
Behavioural experiments are among the most powerful and transformative techniques in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Unlike thought records, which challenge negative thinking through verbal reasoning and evidence evaluation, behavioural…
Graded exposure is the gold-standard behavioural intervention for anxiety disorders and phobias, and it has one of the strongest evidence bases of any technique in the whole of…
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