PSYCHOTHERAPY

COGNITIVE- BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
- CBT is a blend of cognitive therapy and behavioral therapy.
- Cognitive therapy focuses on your moods and thoughts. Behavioral therapy specifically targets actions and behaviors.
- This form of therapy modifies thought patterns in order to change moods and behaviors.
- It is based on the idea that negative actions or feelings are the result of current distorted beliefs or thoughts, not unconscious forces from the past.
- Treatment involves developing more balanced and constructive ways to respond to stressors. Ideally these new responses will help minimize or eliminate the troubling behavior or disorder.
How CBT works
CBT is a more short-term approach than psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies. Other types of therapies may require several years for discovery and treatment. CBT often requires only 10 to 20 sessions.
What disorders can CBT treat?
Cognitive behavioral therapy is widely used to treat several disorders and conditions in children, adolescents, and adults. These disorders and conditions include:
- Antisocial behaviors
- Anxiety disorders
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- Conduct disorder
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- General stress
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Schizophrenia
- Sexual disorders
- Sleep disorders
- Social skill problems
- Substance abuse