|
Home
Find
a Therapist
About
Therapy
List a
Practice
About Us
Links
Contact
Us
|
|  | | | Click
For Customer Service |
|
Cognitive-Behavioral
Therapy
is a form of
psychotherapy that emphasizes the important role of thinking in how we
feel and what we do. Cognitive-behavioral therapists teach that
when our brains are healthy, it is our thinking that causes us to feel
and act the way we do.
Find a CBT Therapist |
Therefore, if we are experiencing unwanted feelings and behaviors, it is important to
identify the thinking that is
causing the feelings/behaviors and to
learn how to
replace this thinking with thoughts that lead to more desirable
reactions.
Cognitive behavior therapy combines two very effective
kinds of psychotherapy — cognitive therapy and behavior
therapy.
Behavior therapy
helps you weaken the connections between troublesome
situations and your habitual reactions
to them. Reactions such as fear, depression or rage, and
self-defeating or self-damaging behavior. It also teaches
you how to calm your mind and body, so you can feel better,
think more clearly, and make better decisions.
Cognitive therapy teaches
you how certain thinking patterns are causing your symptoms —
by giving you a
distorted picture of what's going on in your life, and making you feel
anxious, depressed or angry for no good
reason, or provoking you into ill-chosen actions.
When combined into CBT, behavior
therapy and cognitive therapy provide you with very powerful tools for
stopping
your symptoms and getting your life on a more satisfying track.
Remember that therapy, in the hands
of a skilled therapist, is a powerful and life-changing
experience. It has been
shown to be effective for a variety of illnesses and problems.
If you need therapy and work as an active participant in
your own treatment, you can expect it will be well worth the
time and money you invest.
|
