Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Cognitive Behavior Therapy

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Cognitive behavior therapy may be an effective treatment option for individuals who exhibit thought processes that lead to distress or to problematic behaviors.

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Cognitive behavioral therapy is a technique that aims to influence and change cognition’s and resulting behaviors.


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Cognition is the mental process of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning and judgment.


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Frequently, cognitions can lead to distorted thought processes, and then to conditions such as anxiety, panic, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression.


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As Per the British Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapies, “Cognitive and behavioral psychotherapies are a range of therapies based on concepts and principles derived from psychological models of human emotion and behavior.




They include a wide range of treatment approaches for emotional disorders, along a continuum from structured individual psychotherapy to self-help material.”


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Cognitive behavioral therapy consists of several methods of analysis and treatment including …




Rational Emotive Therapy: According to the Albert Ellis Institute, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy is “an action-oriented psychotherapy that teaches individuals to examine their own thoughts, beliefs and actions and replace those that are self-defeating with more life-enhancing alternatives.”




Multi-modal Therapy: Pioneered by Arnold Lazarus, Ph.D., this option offers assessment and treatment based upon seven modalities. These modalities include: behavior, affect, sensation, imagery, cognition, interpersonal, as well as drugs and biology.




Cognitive Therapy: It is believed that external stimuli provoke thoughts that, when processed through certain internalized cognition’s, may lead to emotional distress.




Cognitive behavioral therapy can assist people by altering such thought processes and the resulting perceptions and behaviors.

Depending upon the problem, whether it be addiction, depression, anxiety, phobia or obsessive-compulsive disorder, the psychotherapist will suggest specific activities for the client to undertake.


Visualization, relaxation techniques, role-playing, journaling, and other methods are commonly employed during the therapeutic phase.

Usually short-term but intensive, cognitive behavioral therapy can be an effective intervention without the use of medications.


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