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Cognitive Behavior

Therapy

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Cognitive behavior

therapy may be aneffective treatmentoption for individualswho exhibit thoughtprocesses that lead to

distress or to problematicbehaviors.


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Cognitive

behavioral therapyis a technique that

aims to influenceand change

cognitions andresulting behaviors.


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Cognition is the

mental process ofknowing,including aspectssuch as awareness,perception,

reasoning andjudgment.


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Frequently, cognitionscan lead to distorted

thought processes,and then to conditions

such as anxiety, panic,obsessive-compulsive

disorder anddepression.


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As Per the British Association of Behavioraland Cognitive Psychotherapies, Cognitive

and behavioral psychotherapies are a rangeof therapies based on concepts and principlesderived from psychological models of humanemotion and behavior.



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They include a widerange of treatment

approaches foremotional disorders,

along a continuumfrom structured

individualpsychotherapy to self-help material.


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Cognitivebehavioral

therapy consists ofseveral methods of

analysis and treatmentincluding



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Rational Emotive Therapy: According tothe Albert Ellis Institute, Rational Emotive

Behavioral Therapy is an action-orientedpsychotherapy that teaches individuals to

examine their own thoughts, beliefs andactions and replace those that are self-defeating with more life-enhancing

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Multi-modal Therapy: Pioneered by

Arnold Lazarus, Ph.D., this option offersassessment and treatment based upon sevenmodalities. These modalities include:behavior, affect, sensation, imagery,cognition, interpersonal, as well as drugs and

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Cognitive Therapy: It is believed thatexternal stimuli provoke thoughts that, when

processed through certain internalizedcognitions, may lead to emotional distress.



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Cognitive behavioraltherapy can assist peopleby altering such thoughtprocesses and the resultingperceptions and behaviors.


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Depending upon theproblem, whether it be

addiction, depression,anxiety, phobia orobsessive-compulsive

disorder, thepsychotherapist will

suggest specific activitiesfor the client toundertake.



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Visualization, relaxationtechniques, role-playing,journaling, and other

methods are commonlyemployed during the

therapeutic phase.


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Usually short-term but

intensive, cognitivebehavioral therapy can

be an effectiveintervention without theuse of medications.


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