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Originally Posted by campervanman
Can you Guys` and Gals` give me some info on CBT and also what this entails`?
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Certainly...
CBT works on core negative thinking that tends to impede our self worth. Cognative Behavior Therapy encourages the recognition of those thoughts and the manner of how those thoughts rule our thinking patterns and behavior. Once you can recognise those thoughts and the resulting patterns of negative thinking the next step is to combat them head on. What are other possibilities arising out of our responses instead. Finally, one learns some skills to retrain thinking so that more positive outcomes of our thinking patterns occur. A very big part of CBT then is resolving issues with selfworth. So too, CBT can aid with the development of coping skills for such things as Anxiety, OCD, etc.
Others may disagree with me here but I believe that CBT must become a way of life to be effective. It takes work and you can't let that work end just because the therapy has ended. I try to do at least one exercise a week and sometimes do more as needed. I especially find the Decatasrophizing tools helpful.