Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies
What are TCCs?
Cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of brief therapy based onknowledge from thescientific psychology.
Patient and psychotherapist work together to identify and understand problems based on three psychological components of the experience of a situation: emotions, associated thoughts and behavior.
This psychological approach focuses on the difficulties of the present, while taking into account their historical causes.
The therapist gradually accompanies the change by offering to experiment with different behaviors and practical exercises to get out of the vicious circles that perpetuate and aggravate psychological suffering.
It also provides tools to better understand, question and qualify the ways of thinking at the origin of difficult emotions. This is done in consultation with the patient, according to what he wishes and what is possible to put in place.
In addition, a CBT aims to support the person in acquiring useful skills to face new difficulties.
CBTs are indicated for anyone in pain: child, adolescent, adult, and elderly person, wishing to regain an independent lifestyle and sufficiently motivated to invest in a care program that requires involvement during and between sessions.
to whom are tccs for?
Cognitive and behavioral therapies have been shown, in scientific studies, to be effective on the following psychological disorders and difficulties:
- anxiety disorders: social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder (excessive worry), agoraphobia and panic attacks, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorders
- depression, suicide prevention
- stress management, insomnia
- complicated grief
- alcoholism, drug addiction
- eating disorders
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- Professional exhaustion
- personality disorders
- marital difficulties
- perfectionism, lack of self-esteem
Making a diagnosis is not easy, the professional psychiatrist, psychologist, can help you make a diagnosis from the interview carried out with you or from questionnaires that he will suggest you fill out.
In a psychotherapy follow-up, feeling confident with the therapist is very important.
This is why the choice of the objectives of the therapy and the therapeutic techniques that will be used to help you reduce your difficulties, will be made in collaboration between you and the psychologist.
Sessions are by appointment only.
Duration: 45min to 1h
Cost: 55€
Frequency: the frequency of the sessions is to be defined with your therapist
Do not hesitate to ask your health insurance if it reimburses psychotherapy sessions, we can provide an invoice after each session.