This is one of the most popular methods of psychotherapy. In the article, we will talk about the features.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy (or CBT) is a technique that highlights a person’s unconscious motivations, transfers them to a conscious level, helps to change beliefs and behavior that cause neurotic and other pathological conditions.
In simple words: a cognitive psychologist is a specialist who explores cognitive processes in the mind and subconscious of a person.
A specialist studies memory, attention, sensations, imagination, thinking, and how a person acts in a given situation, including critical ones.
The method works well in the treatment of anxiety and depression, for example, it helps to recognize and monitor negative thoughts and behaviors that increase the depressive state, and to refuse them.
For visiting a psychologist, the optimal intervals are 1-2 times a week.
Since in such intervals the client is working on himself, pondering what was discussed with the specialist in the previous session. This is how a person works out important issues that were raised during the consultation.
