Therapist
Empathetic and professional personal counselling by a licenced therapist on the Gold Coast.
Thank you for considering Counselling at Voxen Gold Coast. We're here to help you navigate this exciting journey that is life and deal with U-turns and roadblocks in a healthy way.
You're here because you've been looking for a therapist for yourself or your loved one. You want someone near your home on the Gold Coast so you can drop by for an initial consultation and not have to drive for a couple of hours or more to do that. We're more than happy to help so don't hesitate to drop us a line or reach out to us via phone. Professional counselling is just one phone call away.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Psychologists have developed many types of therapy since Sigmund Freud launched his psychoanalytic therapy and we have definitely come a long way. Some theories and psychotherapies have fallen by the wayside, while others have been tested and proven to be effective in dealing with mental and behavioural issues on their own or with medication.
One type of therapy that has stood the test of time is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. And here at Counselling at Voxen, we firmly believe that many of our clients can benefit from this type of therapy too.
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and How Can it Help You?
Let's take a look at the keywords so we can better understand what this therapy is about and how it can help us.
First, take a look at the word "cognitive." This pertains to how we think or reason. It also pertains to how we remember people, events, and things. With CBT, we take them all together and consider how these cognitive processes influence and manifest in our behaviour.
The core of CBT is very simple: we must modify our thoughts first so we can respond to different challenges properly.
We are often powerless against our circumstances. We are always teetering on the brink of an economic crisis. Some of our colleagues at work rub us the wrong way. We experience breakups, divorces, the end of friendships, and the death of a loved one. Life can turn upside down at any moment and we have little to no control over our circumstances.
And because we can't control our environment and the people around us, it is up to us to adjust. CBT helps us modify our thought processes, challenge our assumptions, and adapt our responses to our environment to achieve mental balance and well-being.
CBT can be used to address
* Anxiety disorders
* Certain mood disorders including depression
* Eating disorders
* Certain phobias
* Substance abuse, etc.
CBT is a two-way street. We don't just analyse your childhood or your environment or whatever it was that turned you into the person sitting right in front of us.
We invite our clients to actively participate in challenging their assumptions and adjusting their thoughts so they can properly respond to this ever-changing world.