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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy which involves looking at the connections between your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. By linking what you do, think and feel, CBT can help you to make changes in the way you think (your cognition) and the way you act (your behaviour).

Making changes in your thoughts will impact your actions and emotions, and changing your actions will help to improve your thoughts to make you feel better day-to-day. CBT says that it is not events that cause our emotions, but how we interpret events. The thoughts and meaning you give an event are the true reason behind the emotions you feel. CBT improves your interpretation of events which leads to more positive thoughts, feelings and behaviour.

Whilst it is beneficial to discuss the past and understand how previous events have impacted your life, CBT primarily focuses on improving your mental well-being now. This is why CBT can be so powerful as part of an integrated therapy plan.

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a client-centred counselling style which aims to change your behaviours by helping you explore and resolve your mixed or contradictory feelings. Through this type of counselling, a motivation to change is elicited from within you and harnessed to create meaningful changes in your life.

MI can help with issues such as addiction to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, as well as anything that involves making a change in your life. Dealing with your weight, exercising and managing the symptoms of a physical or mental illness are all issues that can be addressed through MI counselling. MI works by helping you discover your own interest in making the necessary changes in your life. By expressing – in your own words – your desire to change, the ambivalence which keeps you stuck in a rut is reduced.

Once your motivation to change is clear, we can start to plan for and begin the actual process of making the desired changes. MI puts a high focus on taking action and boosts your confidence by making you appreciate even small, incremental changes. The end goal of MI is to strengthen your commitment to the changes and solidify them into new, permanent behaviours.

I have years of experience with Motivational Interviewing and I have seen first hand how beneficial it can be for people struggling to make positive changes in their life. When managed as part of an integrated counselling plan, MI is clinically proven to have a highly constructive effect.