Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is a talking therapy. It can help people who are experiencing a wide range of mental health difficulties. What people think can affect how they feel and how they behave. This is the basis of CBT.
During times of distress, people think differently about themselves and what happens to them. Thoughts can become extreme and unhelpful. This can worsen how a person feels about themselves and others around them. They may then behave in a way that prolongs their distress.
CBT can enable a person to identify and change their extreme and unhelpful thinking style and change their behaviours. The result of therapy often results in a major "shift" in how a person feels about themselves and their life. It empowers and enables them to cope more effectively with their current issues/problems.
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