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Myths about CBT: what it actually is not

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200

Cognitive behavioural therapy is the most researched approach in psychotherapy and at the same time one of the most misunderstood. Below are the three ideas that come up most often, and how things actually stand.

Does psychotherapy affect how the brain works

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200

The question sounds naive, but it matters: if psychotherapy is conversation and exercises, can it change anything at the level of biology? Or do only medicines produce “real” change?

The answer neuroimaging research gives is fairly definite.

Coping cards: how to handle maladaptive thoughts

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200

Working with thoughts has an inconvenient feature: it requires calm, and it is needed precisely when there is no calm. In a moment of intense anxiety, access to the arguments disappears — a person knows that “nothing happened the last twenty times”, but that knowledge does not fire.

Depression and serotonin: what the umbrella review showed

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200

The explanation “you have a serotonin deficiency” is familiar to almost everyone who has sought help for depression. It is simple, it sounds scientific and it removes blame: the issue is not your character but your chemistry.

What mindfulness is and what it is not

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200

The word “mindfulness” has acquired two opposite reputations: for some it is a serious tool with a research base, for others a corporate fashion for meditation. Let us be clear about the skill in question.

How effective is CBT for anxiety disorders

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200

If you ask for which class of disorders psychotherapy works most reliably, the answer is one: the anxiety and phobia spectrum. This is where cognitive behavioural therapy sits in the first line of treatment in practically every national clinical guideline.