Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Cognitive behavioural therapy helps you understand your current thoughts and behaviours and how they’re affecting you. It recognises how events in your past may have shaped you but concentrates mostly on how you can change the way you think, feel and behave in the present day. It is the most well-known and best-studied talking treatment for depression and is used to treat all types of depression.

Computerised CBT can be delivered on a personal computer, via the internet or by telephone using voice-response systems. It can help people who don’t want to take antidepressants and may be useful for those who have a phobia about going out because it can be used at home.

This text gives an overview into the conditions an IAPT service will treat.  It has been prepared here for you to use as you see fit in your locally produced materials.

All material has been taken from NHS Choices and is therefore nationally approved at the time of this toolkit’s publication.  More in depth and up to date information can be found online at NHS Choices www.nhs.uk

The Information Prescription Service available on NHS Choices is an excellent service covering the many different aspects of depression and anxiety disorders.

NHS Choices online: www.nhs.uk