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Break Free From Overthinking
A focused approach to easing low mood with Metacognitive Therapy.
Reduce rumination With Metacognitive Therapy
Low mood and depression are often maintained by patterns of thinking that feel exhausting and hard to switch off.
Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) offers a clear way to interrupt these patterns — without forcing positivity, reliving the past, or endlessly analysing why you feel this way.
Instead, we focus on changing how you relate to depressive thoughts, so they no longer dominate your mental space.
How Low Mood Gets Stuck (The CAS)
Low mood is maintained by a set of understandable thinking habits known as the Cognitive Attentional Syndrome (CAS), including:
Rumination — repetitive “why” questions about meaning, failure, or the past
Excessive self-focus — monitoring mood, motivation, or physical heaviness
Withdrawal / avoidance — pulling back from activity or connection
Passive coping — excessive sleep, shutting down, or numbing behaviours
These responses make sense when you’re feeling low, but over time they deepen depression and drain energy.
Lazy Therapy’s Approach to Low Mood
Using MCT, I help you to:
Identify rumination-fueling beliefs
Such as:
“I need to analyse my feelings to understand them.”
“If I think about this enough, I’ll figure out what’s wrong.”
These beliefs keep the mind stuck in loops that don’t lead to relief.
Practice detached mindfulness
You’ll learn to notice low-mood thoughts briefly and neutrally, without engaging or trying to solve them.When thoughts aren’t worked on, their emotional grip weakens.
Train flexible attention
Low mood pulls attention inward.With MCT, you learn to gently shift attention outward and reconnect with activities, people, and daily life.
Re-engage with life
We reduce avoidance gradually and support you to return to meaningful action — even before motivation returns.
This approach helps restore clarity, energy, and emotional balance, without pushing or pressure.
Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) offers a clear way to interrupt these patterns — without forcing positivity, reliving the past, or endlessly analysing why you feel this way.
Instead, we focus on changing how you relate to depressive thoughts, so they no longer dominate your mental space.
How Low Mood Gets Stuck (The CAS)
Low mood is maintained by a set of understandable thinking habits known as the Cognitive Attentional Syndrome (CAS), including:
Rumination — repetitive “why” questions about meaning, failure, or the past
Excessive self-focus — monitoring mood, motivation, or physical heaviness
Withdrawal / avoidance — pulling back from activity or connection
Passive coping — excessive sleep, shutting down, or numbing behaviours
These responses make sense when you’re feeling low, but over time they deepen depression and drain energy.
Lazy Therapy’s Approach to Low Mood
Using MCT, I help you to:
Identify rumination-fueling beliefs
Such as:
“I need to analyse my feelings to understand them.”
“If I think about this enough, I’ll figure out what’s wrong.”
These beliefs keep the mind stuck in loops that don’t lead to relief.
Practice detached mindfulness
You’ll learn to notice low-mood thoughts briefly and neutrally, without engaging or trying to solve them.When thoughts aren’t worked on, their emotional grip weakens.
Train flexible attention
Low mood pulls attention inward.With MCT, you learn to gently shift attention outward and reconnect with activities, people, and daily life.
Re-engage with life
We reduce avoidance gradually and support you to return to meaningful action — even before motivation returns.
This approach helps restore clarity, energy, and emotional balance, without pushing or pressure.