Private CBT Therapy in Spain, One-to-One in Marbella

Updated October 2025

CBT therapy in Spain: quick answers

Is private CBT available without groups?

Yes. Sea Recovery delivers CBT one-to-one only, paced around your capacity, with no standard groups unless requested.

Does CBT help with relapse risk?

Yes—by mapping high-risk thoughts, rehearsing alternative responses and writing a clear relapse prevention plan.

How many CBT sessions do I need?

Most clients benefit from multiple sessions per week for 3–6 weeks; we adjust to goals and bandwidth.

When thoughts spiral or shut you down, insight alone is not enough. Our one-to-one CBT pathway gives you practical tools to challenge unhelpful beliefs, change behaviour and restore steadiness under pressure.

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What is CBT therapy

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a structured, time limited approach that targets the loop between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. By testing beliefs and building new responses, CBT increases agency and reduces avoidance and rumination.

At Sea Recovery, CBT is delivered privately, with no groups and no rigid protocols. The pace is set around your capacity and integrated with body based regulation so changes hold when you return home.

Client journey: when thoughts become traps

Sam, 42, arrived with obsessive thinking, guilt after a relationship breakdown and a quiet dependence on benzodiazepines. He believed “if I am not in control, everything falls apart.” With behavioural experiments and reframing, Sam learned to pause catastrophising, test alternatives and reduce urges. By week three he could spot early signs and stabilise with written counterstatements.

Why choose private CBT in Spain

International clients choose Spain for space, climate and discretion. Our unbranded villa near Marbella offers a calm setting with one-to-one time and structured aftercare.

How long should I stay

What makes CBT at Sea Recovery different

• Private sessions only one-to-one with daily touchpoints
• Luxury environment with private suites, chef-prepared meals and wellness spaces
• Integrated care CBT with TRE, mindfulness, MET and creative therapies
• Relapse prevention cognitive maps, written plans and device boundaries
• Continuity lifetime check-ins and remote sessions after discharge

Who is CBT therapy for

• Generalised anxiety, panic and social avoidance
• Low mood and loss of motivation
• Overthinking and executive overload
• Obsessive thoughts and compulsions
• Trauma linked beliefs and shame cycles
• Perfectionism, imposter feelings and harsh inner critics
• Addiction with co occurring mental health needs

CBT for addiction recovery

CBT is central to our work with substance use and behavioural addictions.

• Map high risk triggers and emotional functions of use
• Interrupt urge–thought–action loops with grounding drills
• Rehearse alternative responses and boundary scripts
• Build relapse prevention with written plans and check-ins

Helpful for prescription misuse such as Xanax, Valium, Oxycodone and Ritalin.

CBT for emotional regulation and identity

Many high functioning clients look fine from the outside while battling overthinking and avoidance. CBT helps name patterns and change how you respond to your inner world.

• Identify core beliefs and thinking styles
• Use thought logs and emotion trackers
• Challenge narratives with structured questioning
• Reinforce new behaviours with values led goals

CBT for sleep and insomnia (CBT-I)

Poor sleep amplifies anxiety, low mood and relapse risk. We integrate CBT-I within your plan so nights become predictable and restorative.

• Stabilise circadian rhythm with light timing, consistent wake windows and stimulus control
• Reduce sleep effort and clock watching; reframe catastrophic sleep thoughts
• Evening wind down with functional breathing and short grounding drills
• Coordinate with mindfulness and nutrition from our chef team
• See sleep and insomnia treatment for detail

How CBT sessions work at Sea Recovery

• Assessment map patterns, goals and risks
• Daily or semi-daily sessions with a lead therapist
• Written tools reframing, experiments and journalling
• Integration behavioural goals and boundary rehearsal
• Aftercare remote sessions and reviews

A typical day in Marbella

• Morning grounding breath cycles, one-to-one CBT
• Midday reflection, gentle movement, chef-prepared lunch
• Afternoon behavioural experiment or skills rehearsal; optional TRE or creative session
• Evening brief journal prompts, CBT-I wind down, device boundary

How we measure change

• Weekly review of avoidance, urges and completion of agreed behaviours
• Brief scales as needed, for example PHQ-9 and GAD-7
• Practical wins: steadier mornings, fewer reactive messages, better sleep continuity

CBT vs DBT vs IFS vs ACT

• CBT restructures thoughts to change behaviour and mood
• DBT builds emotion regulation and distress tolerance
• IFS (via family/parts work) focuses on internal parts and self leadership
• ACT supports values based action and acceptance of discomfort

Client journey: quiet control, quiet collapse

Ana, 29, was capable and outwardly calm, but numbing with alcohol and self criticism. Naming all-or-nothing and mind reading helped her interrupt perfectionism. With a reframing journal and small experiments she reduced checking and described feeling “mentally freer.”

Accommodation and environment

• Private suites with ensuite
• Chef-prepared meals and nutritional support
• Access to massage, acupuncture and bodywork
• Outdoor time and body based integration
• Explore daily life at Sea Recovery: Life at Sea Recovery

Programmes and entry points

Choose a starting point and adjust as you progress. See the Programmes hub.

• Essential Care stabilisation and skills ramp
• Deluxe deeper therapeutic work and regulation
• Executive discreet scheduling with critical responsibilities
• Premium Tailored complex needs at a steady pace
• Ultimate Bespoke ultra private, expanded team
• Outpatient five day intensive with follow up
• Secondary Care structure during reintegration

FAQs: CBT therapy at Sea Recovery

What is private CBT in Spain like?

Private CBT in Spain at Sea Recovery means fully one-to-one sessions in a luxury retreat. No groups, no generic worksheets. Therapy is tailored to your patterns and goals.

Is CBT therapy suitable for trauma?

Yes, especially when combined with TRE, DBT or IPT. We never rush exposure until regulation is reliable.

How long is a CBT programme?

Most clients stay 3 to 6 weeks with structured CBT several times per week, matched to goals and capacity.

Can CBT help if I have relapsed before?

Yes. CBT maps relapse triggers and equips you to respond differently. It is central to our relapse prevention model.

Can I continue CBT after leaving?

Yes. Our aftercare includes remote CBT sessions, therapeutic check-ins and lifetime support.

Will I get a workbook or tools?

We co-create a personalised CBT toolkit with prompts, reframes and regulation strategies adapted to you.

How quickly can I start CBT in Spain?

Admissions calls can usually be arranged within 24 hours, with arrival scheduled as soon as flights and logistics are confirmed. We begin with assessment and stabilisation, then build a tailored CBT plan with clear session cadence and aftercare mapped from day one.

What does a private CBT session look like?

Each session targets a specific pattern using guided questioning, short behavioural experiments and written tools. You will leave with a small, practical task to test between sessions so change becomes visible and repeatable in daily life.

Start CBT therapy in Spain

If you want structured, intelligent and private care, our one-to-one CBT in Marbella offers a clear path forward.

Contact us to begin.