This programme is a 6 module course that teaches how to alter or "de-program" the neural circuits in the nervous system that create persistent anxiety symptoms from being "always switched on" (unnatural) to only switching on when there is a reason (natural). 

Enrolling on this course includes one one-to-one 60-90 minutes appointment using Zoom, optimally used around 4 weeks after starting the course. Additional appointments can be booked but for 97% of users, the one appointment is all that is needed. There is support available via the logs, Progress Checks, interactive tools and by email.

The ABC of CBT

Everyone coming to the CBT for Anxiety & Stress comes with their own story and background, and as we all know, we are all different! We have different strengths, different abilities, different characteristics and different expectations!

What each of us have in common though, is a marvellous functioning brain that steers us through all our experiences in life. We each shape how our brain functions through our behaviours and cognitions, and the "plasticity" of the brain enables us to keep on repeating what is helpful and good for us. However, if we allow it to happen - and we all do at times - plasticity enables us to keep on repeating what isn't helpful and good for us! Thankfully, plasticity also enables us to CHANGE unhelpful behaviours and cognitions   

A: Taking ACTION

"Doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result" is - as the saying goes - the definition of insanity! This course walks you through the Action you can take to change

B: BEHAVIOUR

Behaviour is 'what you do'. Many of our behaviours have become HABIT. By introducing a simple alternative ROUTINE of Behaviour in to our day creates and builds new habits that help rather than hinder

C: COGNITIONS
Cognitions are our interpretations of our experiences. These too become HABIT. Just as with our behaviours, we have an extraordinary ability to change our interpretation of experiences, creating new habit cognitions that help rather than hinder

CHANGE
C is also for Change - living well, rather than being trapped by learned BEHAVIOURS and COGNITIONS that are HABITS we are all too often too lazy to do anything about, or argue we "don't have time" or "it won't work for me". Our Behaviours and Cognitions bring about and maintain suffering when with willingness to give ourselves a chance, we are the ones best placed to live well without suffering. Instead of spending time suffering, spend a fraction of that time using the plasticity the brain has in abundance. There is nothing difficult about it provided you have the will to Change

The CBT for Anxiety E-Programme is a module-based course of treatment for anxiety incorporating methods to alter BOTH physiological and psychological re-actions. 

One of the elements of 'de-programming' from anxiety symptoms is what is called "psycho-education". What that means is having an understanding of the psychological aspects behind a problem - in this case, experiencing persistent anxiety symptoms. The course walks you through that process. You use that process at your own pace. Any process needs to fit the person - not the other way around.

Module 1 starts you on the process, and includes not only the basics of the mechanisms of anxiety and stress, but even more importantly, why and how to begin and continue making the necessary physiological changes that diffuse the symptoms of anxiety. 

As well as the (very easy) practical exercises throughout the course, the neuroscience behind them is included. Neuroscience is the "brain science" behind what's going on both in terms of neurochemistry (chemical changes in the brain), neurobiological systems (the nervous systems in the body) and neural pathways and patterns in the brain itself (brain plasticity). I have included additional optional reading about this for those with a particular interest in it all.