( Related information) Cognitive therapy aims to identify and correct distorted thinking patterns that can lead to feelings and behaviors that may be troublesome, self-defeating, or even self-destructive. The goal is to replace such thinking with a more balanced view that, in turn, leads to more fulfilling and productive behavior.
Treatment based on the idea that distorted thoughts produce maladaptive behaviors and emotions. go to glossary index
works on changing three kinds of thoughts: automatic thoughts, underlying assumptions and maladaptive schemas. People with borderline personality disorder, for example, believe deeply that they are defective, unlovable, dependent, incompetent and entitled. They also believe that the world is hostile, untrustworthy and emotionally depriving. Cognitive therapy works to replaces maladaptive ideas and attitudes with effective life skills.
A cognitive restructuring therapy associated with the psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck, concerned with changing negative schemata and certain cognitive biases or distortions that influence a person to construe life in a depressing or otherwise maladaptive way.
a type of therapy, developed by Aaron Beck, that aims at eliminating exaggerated negative beliefs about oneself, the world, or the future. 530
A talking therapy designed to ease distress from emotional problems.
a form of therapy stemming from the belief that emotional disorders are caused by irrational yet habitual forms of thinking; these patterns are viewed as behaviors that the therapist can try to help the patient change
a form of psychotherapy working on the premise that disturbed emotional states are caused by faulty thinking; targets negative thought patterns for improvement.
see Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT.
Cognitive treatment focuses on the thoughts that a youth has. It is important to identify if these thoughts are distorted or inaccurate, and how they contribute to maladaptive behaviors. Youth are educated on how their thoughts have an impact on feelings and behavior. A cognitive therapist incorporates contingency management and reinforcement techniques to teach self-regulation and new ways of coping and problem solving. Youth are taught alternative ways of solving interpersonal conflict and problems through modeling, practice, rehearsal, and role-play (Kazdin et al., 1989).
Cognitive psychology applies to the study of thinking, concept formation, and problem solving. Therapy emphasizes changing how the client thinks.
A treatment method focusing on changing an individual's inaccurate beliefs. Cognitive therapy for a gambler might involve challenging the patient's perceived odds of winning or ability to control the outcome.
is an approach to psychotherapy that focuses on helping people change how they think about things. In contract to other approaches, cognitive therapy is usually more focused on the present, more time-limited, and more problem-solving oriented. Much of what the patient does is solve current problems. In addition, patients learn specific things such as identifying distorted thinking, modifying beliefs, relating to others in different ways and changing behaviors.
Any of the methods of treating disorders that help a person to change attitudes, perceptions and patterns of thinking from rational to realistic thoughts about self and situations.
A treatment method based on the theory that negative thinking, perception and attitude cause psychological disturbances, especially depression, and that these problems can be corrected through rational understanding.
In some cases of insomnia, this therapy includes interventions that are meant to help people identify and correct inappropriate thoughts and beliefs that may contribute to insomnia.
Cognitive therapy focuses on the role of irrational and automatic thoughts. This type of therapy helps some people control their anxieties by giving them a deeper understanding of their own thought processes and how they evaluate upsetting situations. Patients learn how to separate unrealistic thoughts from realistic ones and develop techniques to change the way they respond to a situation.
A type of psychological therapy practised in some pain clinics which can allow patients to come to terms with, and accept, chronic pain.
Any therapeutic approach that teaches people new beliefs, new expectations, and new ways of thinking.
An approach to therapy that tries to change some of the patient's habitual modes of thinking about herself, her situation, and her future. It is related to behavioral therapy because it regards such thought patterns as a form of behavior.
( Also known as ‘cognitive behaviour therapy') A therapy aimed at assisting the person to deal with some mental health problems by focusing on the way in which they interpret and react to their experience.
Psychotherapy that identifies negative thinking patterns and helps patients overcome them.
Psychotherapy to normalize negative thinking patterns.
Cognitive therapy or cognitive behavior therapy is a kind of psychotherapy used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, phobias, and other forms of mental disorder. It involves recognising distorted thinking and learning to replace it with more realistic substitute ideas. Its practitioners hold that much (though not all) clinical depression is associated with (although not necessarily caused by) irrational thoughts. Cognitive therapy is often used in conjunction with mood stabilizing medications to treat bipolar disorder. According to the U.S-based National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists
the model of therapy originated by Ellis (1962) and Beck (1967) which identifies cognition (thinking) as the most significant factor in psychological disturbance and its treatment. Originally used to treat depression, cognitive therapy seeks to identify specific instances and general patterns of faulty thinking. A centre concept is that thinking is major part of experience and that automatic thoughts need to be analysed into their habitual, non-empirical, and modifiable components. Clients learn to re-examine such thoughts and to test their effects against empirical evidence in behavioural assignments in everyday life.