My Experience In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

An overview of the practice, along with what worked and what didn’t

I was in continuous therapy for three years. When it began, my depression was extremely strong and I had panic attacks every day. By the time it ended, my general mood had improved substantially and I had maybe one attack every six months.

That might sound like CBT works wonders or that it is miraculous. It is not. Just like anything else, it has its highs and lows; aspects that resonate with most people and those which do not. I, for instance, found certain components quite helpful. Others, I found tedious or childish.

Nothing in this world is a hundred percent effective; wholly good or bad. Today, I want to present before you what the scientific community thinks of CBT, followed by my personal experience with it. Please note that we’re all different people, so the conclusions I draw might be different from the ones you do. This is in no way the definitive piece on CBT and not intended as medical advice, so please consult a mental health professional to determine if CBT is right for you:

From everything I observed in those three years, I would summarize CBT as a therapeutic approach that focuses on an individual’s distressing thought patterns, schemas, unhealthy coping patterns and behaviors, and attempts to alter them in a practical and logical manner. It is concerned with the present and the future, not the past.

She goes on to say it focuses a lot on Negative Automatic Thoughts (NATs). What are those? Well, I’ll give you an example from my own past. I used to believe I was unlovable and unwanted. This was a truth, not a suspicion. Now, let’s imagine a friend of mine said they’d call me back and then forgot.

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