The CognitiveLit
A life improvement
Break free from phobia
Phobias can feel like they are holding you back, but with the right support, it is possible to face your fears and reclaim your life. A phobia is more than just anxiety, it is an intense fear of certain objects, situations, or activities that can trigger strong emotional and physical reactions, sometimes affecting your everyday life. No matter if your fear involves spiders, heights, open spaces, or crowded places, there are effective and evidence-based methods that can help. Through therapy, you can gradually reduce your fear, strengthen your sense of safety, and build the confidence to do the things that matter to you. Step by step, you can break the cycle of avoidance and worry and experience the freedom of living without being limited by fear.
Master Panic Disorder
Panic attacks can be frightening, but they don’t have to control your life. Panic disorder is marked by sudden and overwhelming episodes of anxiety, often accompanied by physical symptoms like a racing heart, sweating, shaking, chest pain, or dizziness. Thoughts of dying, “going crazy,” or losing control are common during an attack. With the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, you can learn to understand these symptoms, break the cycle of fear, and feel calm and safe again. Live your life as you want, without the fear of ever having those panic attacks ever again.
​Confident in Social Situations
Social anxiety can feel isolating, but change is possible.
It often involves a fear of being judged or embarrassed, leading to worries about saying the wrong thing, appearing strange, or being humiliated. This can result in avoiding meetings, speaking in groups, or even casual conversations. With guidance, you can gradually face these situations, strengthen your confidence, and enjoy meaningful social connections again.
Schoolavoidance
Regular school attendance is one of the strongest protective factors for a child’s long-term health and development. School avoidance, sometimes called school refusal, means prolonged absence from school, often linked to underlying challenges such as anxiety, depression, bullying, or a lack of suitable adjustments in the school environment. Left untreated, this can increase the risk of mental health problems and hinder a child’s growth.
Peace of Mind, Health Anxiety
Health anxiety, sometimes called hypochondria, can feel like living with a constant background worry about illness. The fear is real and distressing, but it does not have to control your life. When you live with health anxiety, normal body sensations like a skipped heartbeat, a headache, or muscle pain may feel alarming and are often interpreted as signs of serious illness. This can lead to frequent body-checking, repeated medical visits, or endless online searching for reassurance. Paradoxically, this often fuels the worry further and makes the anxiety stronger.
Therapy provides a way to gently shift focus from fear to understanding. Together, we work on recognizing the patterns that maintain the anxiety, learning to tolerate uncertainty, and gradually reducing safety behaviors that keep the worry alive. The goal is not to ignore your health but to help you trust your body and mind again, so you can spend less time fearing illness and more time living fully.
From Pain to Balance
Pain without a clear medical cause can feel confusing and frustrating, but it is real, and there are ways to find relief. Psychosomatic pain is the body’s way of signaling that something deeper may need attention. You might experience headaches, muscle tension, stomach pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, or a general sense of discomfort. Even though medical tests show no injury or illness, the pain is just as real as if there were. Often, it is linked to emotional overload, stress, or past trauma that keeps the nervous system in a heightened state of alert.
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Therapy offers a space to gently explore what your body might be trying to communicate. Together, we look at how stress, unprocessed emotions, and past experiences affect your physical well-being. You can learn tools to calm the nervous system, release tension, and build a more balanced connection between body and mind.
When joy returns, Depression
Depression can feel heavy, but recovery is possible.
Depression is more than temporary sadness, it’s a persistent low mood that affects energy, motivation, and hope. It often comes with negative thoughts, anxiety, and loss of interest in activities. Depression can also affect your body, showing up as sleep difficulties, appetite changes, or physical fatigue. Through therapy, you can explore what is maintaining the depression, find new ways to cope, and gradually reconnect with the things that give life meaning and joy.
Better Sleep, Insomnia
You deserve restful, restorative nights.
Insomnia is marked by trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking too early. Over time, lack of sleep can lead to fatigue, poor concentration, irritability, and increased risk of anxiety, depression, or health problems. Together, we can work on the underlying factors disturbing your sleep, create healthy routines, and help you reclaim deep, refreshing rest.
Free from the grip of OCD
OCD can feel like it’s running your life – but change is possible. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental rituals (compulsions) that temporarily relieve anxiety. These can include cleaning, checking, arranging, or mental acts like counting or praying. In therapy, you can learn to relate differently to your thoughts, reduce compulsive behaviors, and regain freedom from the cycle of anxiety and ritual.
Find peace within, GAD
Persistent worry can feel exhausting, but there are ways to find relief. Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) involves ongoing worry about many areas of life, often paired with irritability, muscle tension, difficulty sleeping, and trouble concentrating. Through therapy, you can learn to manage your thoughts, reduce tension, and regain a sense of calm and control over your daily life.
Balance after stress and burnout
Stress is part of life, but it doesn’t have to take over.
Short-term stress can boost performance, but prolonged stress can drain your energy, disrupt sleep, and affect your physical and emotional health. Work pressure, high demands, and lack of recovery can leave your body in constant “fight-or-flight” mode. Therapy can help you understand your stress patterns, create healthy boundaries, and build routines that restore energy and balance.
Feeling Safe After Trauma, PTSD
Trauma can leave lasting marks, but healing is possible.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can develop after experiencing or witnessing events such as accidents, assaults, disasters, war, or serious illness. The stress that remains in the body may show up as fear, flashbacks, nightmares, or physical tension. It’s common to feel shame, anger, or to want to avoid reminders of the event. Through evidence-based treatment like Prolonged Exposure therapy, you can gently process what happened, reduce symptoms, and reclaim a sense of safety and trust in yourself and the world.
Balance with Food
Eating disorders, such as bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating disorder, are characterized by an excessive preoccupation with body weight and food, where individuals often evaluate themselves based on these aspects. This can lead to restrictive dieting, overeating, purging, or excessive exercise, and may cause isolation or low mood.
With therapy, it’s possible to restore a balanced relationship with food, strengthen self-worth, and rediscover joy in everyday life.
A fresh start, without addiction
Can you control your alcohol consumption, or do you drink more than is healthy? What about your gambling, shopping, or tobacco use, is it under control?
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Addiction doesn’t have to define your life – change is possible. Addictions can involve alcohol, drugs, gambling, shopping, gaming, or even exercise. Often, they serve as a way to escape emotional or physical discomfort, but over time they can lead to serious consequences. In therapy, you can explore what drives the addictive patterns, develop healthier coping strategies, and rebuild a life filled with purpose and balance.
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As a guideline riskconsumption of alcohol:
Men: 14 drinks or 2 bottles of wine per week
Women: 9 drinks or 1.5 bottles of wine per week
Factors such as age, weight, health, and medical conditions can influence risk. One drink corresponds to about 12 grams of pure alcohol, which is found in:
33 cl of strong beer (5%) 12–15 cl of wine (12–13%)
4 cl of licor (40%)
Overcoming psychosis
Psychosis can feel disorienting, but there are ways to regain clarity. Psychosis is a condition where contact with reality is disrupted, often through hallucinations, delusions, or disorganized thoughts. It can make daily life challenging. Through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and supportive strategies, you can better understand your experiences, reduce distress, and work toward a more stable and fulfilling life.