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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy...is a form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the (powerful role of thinking) in how we feel and what we do.
Cognitive behavioral therapy teaches us that when our brains are healthy, it is our thinking that causes us
to feel and act the way we do.
Therefore, it is important to identify thinking patterns that are causing unwanted feelings and behaviors.
Then learn to replace them with thinking patterns that
lead to more desirable feelings and behaviors.
Cognitive Emotional Response is the scientific fact that our thoughts cause our feels and behaviors, not external things, like people, events or situations.
The fact is we can change the way we think in order
to feel and act better even if the situation has not changed.
Cognitive behavioral therapy is considered among the "fastest" in terms of results obtained. Other forms of therapy,like psychoanalysis,can take years.
What enables CBT to be briefer (across all types of problems) is its highly instructional nature and the fact that it makes use of homework assignments.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a collaborative effort between the therapist and the client.
Cognitive-behavioral therapist seek to learn what their clients want out of life (their goals) and then help their clients achieve those goals.
The therapist's role is to listen, teach, and encourage, while the client's roles is to ask question learn, and apply what they learn to their life.
Cognitive behavioral therapy does not tell people how to feel.
Most people seeking therapy do not want to feel the way they do.
Cognitive behavioral therapists want to gain a very good understanding of their clients concerns.
That's why they often ask questions. They also encourage their clients to ask questions of themselves.
CBT is structured and directive. Cognitive behavioral therapists have a specific agenda for each session.
Specific techniques / concepts are taught during each session.
Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on helping the client achieve the goals they have set.
Cognitive behavioral therapy is directive in that respect. However, CBT therapists do not tell their clients what to do -- rather, they teach their clients how to do.
Cognitive behavioral therapy is based on an educational model the scientifically supported assumption that most emotional and behavioral reactions are learned.
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Therefore, the goal is to help clients unlearn their unwanted reactions and learn a new way of reacting.
The educational emphasis of Cognitive behavioral therapy has an additional benefit it leads to long term results.
When people understand how and why they are doing well, they can continue doing what they are doing to make themselves well.
A central aspect of Rational thinking is that it is based on fact, not assumptions.
Often, we upset ourselves about things when, in fact, the situation isn't like we thought it was.
There are over 25 very common mental mistakes that people make that cause them to not have the facts straight.
Change your thinking to be in line with how the
situation really is.
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