What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?

By helping a client keep to a routine, acting in enjoyable ways, CBT teaches how to test the evidence in life to accept or dispel distorted ideas or challenge unhealthy beliefs or attitudes. Some forms of CBT incorporate methods often called behavioral therapy strategies. Include learning to overcome fear through exposure to anxiety, preventing rituals, relaxation training, or controlling exposure to triggers of unhealthy behaviors.

It is often also helpful to identify where a client might be in their readiness to change and help you to overcome your internal obstacles to benefiting from CBT.

CBT relies on evidence-based therapies (EBTs). EBTs are sometimes procedures that have been shown to produce valid outcomes from therapy, or they are sometimes approached to treatment that have been shown to improve the chances of you feeling better and acting in a healthier way.