The Transdiagnostic Model
What is Transdiagnostic CBT?
Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a modern, evidence-based approach to mental health treatment that looks beyond labels and diagnoses. Instead of focusing on just one specific issue—like anxiety, depression, OCD, or eating disorders—transdiagnostic CBT addresses the underlying emotions, thoughts and behaviours that drive a wide range of mental health challenges.
In simpler terms, many people struggle with overlapping difficulties such as worry, self-criticism, perfectionism, avoidance, or rumination. These patterns often show up across different diagnoses, so transdiagnostic CBT is specifically designed to target these shared processes—not just the symptoms.
Why this approach is so helpful
Traditional CBT often focuses on treating one specific diagnosis at a time. But our mental health is rarely that orderly. Many people don’t fit neatly into a single category—or they may deal with multiple issues all at the same time. Through the use of transdiagnostic CBT, Jane Rowland CBT recognizes this complexity.
Why this approach can be more effective and empowering
• Addresses the root cause – instead of treating surface-level symptoms, transdiagnostic CBT helps you understand and change the core habits of thinking and behaving that fuel your distress.
• More holistic and personalised – Therapy isn’t limited to a single diagnosis. You get support for the full range of what you’re experiencing.
• Better for real life – People are complex. Your therapy should be, too. This approach is flexible enough to adapt to you, not the other way around.
• Effective for co-occurring issues – if you’re dealing with anxiety and depression, or OCD and low self-esteem, transdiagnostic CBT treats the common processes that link them.
How it enhances your therapy experience
In a transdiagnostic CBT framework, we won’t just focus on reducing symptoms—we will work together to build resilience, improve emotional regulation, and develop practical strategies for the long-term. It’s a more collaborative, dynamic, and integrative therapy process.
You’ll likely experience:
• Deeper insights into how your mind works across different situations in different areas of your life
• Broader skill-building that applies to more than one problem area
• More efficient progress, especially if you’ve struggled with multiple issues for a long time
• A sense of clarity that can be hard to achieve in diagnosis-specific models
How it works in practice – real-life examples
Let’s say you come to therapy for anxiety. But during our work, we also uncover high levels of perfectionism, people-pleasing, and frequent low mood. Instead of switching gears or recommending additional, consecutive episodes of therapy over long periods of time, transdiagnostic CBT allows us to work on these issues together in a cohesive way.
Take a look at my Client Feedback – the majority of these clients were treated using transdiagnostic CBT and experienced life-changing outcomes.
Why choose this approach?
Jane Rowland CBT offers a more expansive, flexible, and integrated CBT experience by focusing on you as a whole person, not just your diagnosis.
Whether you're experiencing anxiety, low mood, intrusive thoughts, burnout, or something less easily defined, our goal will be to get to the heart of what’s going on—and give you tools that make a meaningful, lasting difference in your life.
You don’t need a perfect label or a textbook diagnosis to begin healing. Just a willingness to explore, learn, and grow—with a therapist who sees the bigger picture.
Ready to try a different kind of CBT?
If you’re looking for therapy that truly meets you where you are—across all your challenges, not just one—transdiagnostic CBT may be exactly what you need.
Get in touch today to find out how this approach can help you move forward in a more whole and empowered way.