What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy?

Apr 5, 2007 ... Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy... is a form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the important role of thinking in how we feel and what we do. ...
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Scroll down to question and answer plus it lists 10 points used by the therapist.

My therapist would ask me what I thought about something. I would say I do not think about it. The therapist then would ask, why do you not think about it? I would say because I am paying you a lot of money to think about it. Then I would ask the therapist to answer the question he had just asked me.

The therapist seemed to think I did not understand my role in therapy. I thought the therapist asked a lot of questions he had no answers for .... otherwise, why was he always asking me?

This reminds me of my daughter's reading test in 2nd grade. She was to read the teacher a book outloud. She did that well. Then the teacher asked her questions about what she had read. "What game did the children play?", "What did the family eat for dinner?" etc. My daughter's teacher described to me that my daughter's jaw dropped open. She could not believe how stupid the teacher was! She said, "weren't you listening?" And then, "do you want me to read it again?" So she failed the test.

well yr two posts are really amusing so thank you for the laugh. for real.
seriously tho CBT was most effective for me. rather than digging up the past it kept my focus in the "now" to learn healthier skills. to be honest i didn't experience 'question and answer' too much tho. guess my T had a useful approach tailoring it in many ways to a form of CBT. it was suggested to keep a journal, then we'd review it. i read guide to rational living. helped me immensely. i had so many false beliefs about self. we replaced them with rational thoughts. such as 'i'm a bad person unless everyone likes me.' irrational! new belief 'i am liked by some but not all. it doesn't devalue my own self worth'. my T suggested this therapy best for me. i believe he was correct as i am the "new and improved" me.
i thought others might find the info helpful too. of course not all... rational belief.

Thanks for sharing how CBT has helped you.

Hello, madisgram. I did not mean to be dismissive of CBT. The therapist who introduced me to CBT was very good at teaching it. Unfortunately for him, I really do not think anyone could have helped me out of the place I was in. Over the years, many other therapists have agreed.

I am so pleased you are now "new and improved," madisgram.

Ditto! It's great that therapy has helped you so much.

I'm in a social anxiety CBT group right now. It's a lot of work, but I'm hoping it will really help me.

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Oh Byz, you made me laugh, I can totally relate to your sentiment
with the therapist. You are a chuckle.

Thank you for sharing madisgram. You know I have used that type of method for years with my students. I had no idea that there was an actual therapy with that name. My teaching methods were always a one on one with the child as I would work on each of their weak areas in a very similar cognitive way. My only difference it that they had no idea what I was doing with them, only that they couldn't seem to learn riding anywhere else. Some of these children were rejected from other riding programs and I found them more of a challenge. Many of them still ride and do well with horses where other trainers gave them no hope. I have also used a similar method in working with abused ponies and horses and even just in training in general.

I can totally relate to that childs response to the teacher, out of the mouths of babes is so true in so many ways. That is why I love what I do.

Thanks for the thread madisgram. I am glad that whatever it took you are a wonderful new you now. As I have read the little here, I do agree it is a very healthy way of thinking. But I also think that it is necessary to understand how you evolved to the poor thinking process or even
some depressive behavior patterns as well as agressive patterns.

Open Eyes

Mindfulness based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy has been introduced into our health system - wonder if anyone has tried it?