The Black Dog Returns

I thought that I was doing okay. I truly believed that finally, I had managed to beat the black dog into submission and sent it crawling off with it’s tail between it’s legs. It seemed like the hard work I had put in over the months, was starting to pay off, and that there really [...]

Group Therapy For Self-Esteem, Using CBT Methods

Group Therapy, is one of those things that tends to have a big fat stigma, slapped on top of it. You can almost picture the scene – a group of people all sat in awkwardly in a circle, looking a bit shifty and trying to avoid each other’s gaze. A ball is thrown around the [...]

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – Part 2: Thought Diary

If you’ve been following me for a little while, you’ll remember I opted to receive Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) as a way of trying to combat my Social Anxiety. Today was my second appointment and it’s left me feeling pretty perplexed about the whole thing. Before I start, as a reminder, I’m practising a guided self-help form of [...]

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – Part 1: Assessment.

To Re-cap Not too long ago, I admitted to myself that I needed help. I put into words, what I had been keeping to myself for a very long time and in doing so, cleared the cobwebs a little and put things into a bit of perspective. What came from it, was my resolution to [...]