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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (or "CBT",
also "CT") is a form of psychotherapy that teaches people specific
cognitive and behavioral skills to help them manage depression, mood
swings, anxiety, stress and other problems. Typically,
CBT involves
a very structured systematic approach in which clients are taught specific
techniques to address problematic thoughts, feelings and behaviors that
are interfering with their lives. |
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My training in cognitive behavioral therapy includes training at the
Beck
Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, the premiere national
training institute for cognitive therapy founded by Aaron T. Beck, M.D.,
the originator of cognitive therapy. In addition, I am a Fellow of the
Academy of Cognitive Therapy [ACT],
an internationally recognized accrediting organization for cognitive
therapists. I have also conducted a large research study of cognitive behavioral group
therapy for bipolar disorder (see my
Bipolar Disorder page) and
written a book (Hogrefe). |
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I believe that people with very serious problems can recover and return to
functioning with the help of effective psychological treatment. Effective
treatment depends upon establishing a caring, collaborative relationship
and using evidence-based treatment strategies. Treatments with a strong
scientific evidence base are known as “evidence-based treatments”,
"empirically-supported treatments" or "EBT"s.
(For more on this, visit the
Evidence-based Treatment page.) |