CBT is a structured approach focused on increasing understanding of where our problems come from and what maintains the problems. CBT aims to equip people with strategies to view and deal with their problems more effectively.

CBT can help with: 

• Depression 

• Generalised Anxiety (worrying)

•  Social Anxiety, Health Anxiety

• Panic Disorder (panic attacks)

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• Body Dysmorphic Disorder

•  Specific Phobias

• Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling)

• Hoarding Disorder

• Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours (like skin picking) 

• And other stress or anxiety related problems.

DIT is a relationship focused therapy which is interested in problematic patterns and feelings that occur when we are with others or in our relationships. These patterns can give rise to anxiety and depression and cause us long term distress and unhappiness. Some of these patterns of relating and feeling may be unconscious, which can mean that the reasons for such experiences and behaviours may remain out of conscious awareness. 

The idea behind DIT is that by understanding unhelpful patterns in our relationships and ourselves, we can then make more positive choices and the problematic patterns are less likely to continue to repeat themselves.

DIT could help people who's difficulties largely arise as a result of their anxieties related to the availability and proximity of others. These difficulties might include: 

• Being close to people

• Fear of abandonment

• People pleasing

• Being unable to be assertive

• Trust difficulties

• Negative expectations from others (others will let me down, judge me, reject me, be critical, cause me pain etc)

• Neediness

• Being too self-reliant

• Being unable to be open with others

• Continuing to repeat unhelpful behaviours and not understanding why

• Having strong feelings that come up when interacting or thinking about interacting with others

• Repeating or fear of repeating unhelpful behaviours that your parents used to do 

• Acting out (behaving badly)

DIT is not for those who's problems only occur in one relationship. DIT works with a relationship pattern that occurs across multiple relationships. For example, if you often fear others will abandon you or criticise you, this is a relevant relationship pattern for DIT.