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Your CBT guide, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT, has emerged in recent decades as the best tested

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approach for managing a wide range of psychological conditions and the section we will explore, what

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CBT is, how it was developed and what makes it so effective.

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We'll also consider how it can help with specific issues like depression and anxiety.

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CBT The beginnings of cognitive behavioral therapy is a solution focused form of psychotherapy designed

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to reduce symptoms and boost wellbeing as quickly as possible.

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As the name suggests, CBT includes both a cognitive component, which focuses on changing problematic

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patterns of thinking and a behavioral component which helps develop actions that serve us well.

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This building blocks of CBT were developed somewhat independently.

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Let's look at each of these approaches before reviewing how they were joined together.

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Behavioral therapy in the first half of the 20th 20th century, psychoanalysis was the most common form

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of talk therapy for psychological conditions.

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This approach was based on the theory of the mind and often involved meeting regularly with a therapist

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for several years and exploring one's childhood and upbringing.

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While countless people benefited from psychoanalysis and similar treatments over human behavior, specialists

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began looking for ways to provide relief more quickly.

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They were inspired by recent discoveries about how animals, including humans, learn and begun to apply

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these principles to treat conditions like anxiety and depression.

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These efforts led to the development of behavioral therapy by individuals.

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Other found that straightforward changes in one's behavior could bring relief.

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For example, people with phobias could conquer their fears by gradually facing what scared them.

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A few sessions of targeted work could provide lasting relief.

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Cognitive therapy.

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Not long after the advent of the first behavioral therapies, other mental health specialists brought

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both a different explanation for psychological struggles to psychiatrists.

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Put forward the idea of our thoughts, have powerful effects on our feelings and behaviors.

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Accordingly, they supposed that our misery arises from our thoughts.

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For example, it was believed depression was driven by negative beliefs about oneself and the world.

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For example, I'm a failure.

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According to the developers of cognitive therapy, treatment first needed to identify the offending

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thoughts and then work to replace them with ones that are more accurate and helpful with practice.

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People could develop ways of thinking that to promote positive feelings and behaviors.