Reviewing The CBT Good Habit Journal

~ Vickyw

The CBT Good Habit Journal was the first book I read based on cognitive behaviour therapy.I received it for Christmas two years ago and have decided to share my thoughts and feelings on this.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy model

CBT is a talking therapy that can help you change the ways in which you think to help you deal with overwhelming problems in a positive way by breaking down them down.

The exercises can make you think about your future and the goals you want to achieve in life.

I’m going to revisit CBT and fill in some of the challenging tasks within this book with my therapist. It will be interesting to see if my goals are the same as they were two years ago and in a year from now.

I have had 6 CBT sessions with Outlook SouthWest, but unfortunately, I felt more work was needed.

I also had a private counsellor who I used as recommended by my previous company healthcare plan. After I left the company, I continued to work with the same psychologist privately until she became ill.

My doctor contacted CMHS (The Community Mental Health Team), who also gave me six CAT therapy sessions before discharging me due to lack of funds, then again when I moved areas.

For those of you who are a bit unsure about CBT, I would suggest buying this book and working through the exercises alone or with a therapist.

I’m going to work with a therapist because I’m struggling to do some exercises alone.

I’m currently working on knowing myself and looking at how I think and learning different ways to cope with these thoughts.

Keeping a journal is a great way to express your thoughts and feelings and to get to know yourself better.

Getting your thoughts and goals down on paper helps release stress, solve problems, and turn those dreams into reality.

Since using The CBT Good Habit Journal, I’ve learnt how to communicate and look at things differently. I’ve also engaging better with CBT this time around than previously.

It can take a while to sink in as habits are often grained deep inside the mind from a young age.

This journal has made me think carefully about how I come across and how I can be a better version of myself, and how I can interact and think differently.