As my main foundation, I use evidence-based approaches: Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I was trained in CBT with the French Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy (AFTCC). 

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Cognitive behavioural therapy is a talking therapy that focuses on identifying maladaptive/unhelpful patterns of thinking, emotional response, or behaviour and substituting them with more helpful and desirable patterns of thinking, emotional response, or behaviour. CBT focuses on specific problems, using a goal-oriented approach.

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Clients and therapists are building a partnership and agree on the goals and the main interventions that will be carried out during the course of therapy. Progress is assessed over time and the treatment plan is readjusted if needed. As an active participant in his care, the client may be prescribed tasks and activities to practice between sessions to help build learnings and their implementations in their daily lives.

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CBT is empowering clients as it teaches them useful and practical strategies that can be used in everyday life, even after the treatment has finished. It is also based on the person's capacity to change themselves (their thoughts, feelings and behaviours).

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Today, CBT is one of the most well-studied forms of treatment. It has been shown to be effective in the treatment of a range of mental conditions, including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, insomnia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance use disorder. Even in the absence of any formal mental health diagnostic, CBT can be an effective tool to help anyone learn how to better manage stressful life situations.

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